Starting with clip on WW what should I add in order to get reliable expansion from a hollow point in a 32 H&R mag leaving a 6.5" barrel at 1,000-1,100 fps? Thank you.
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Starting with clip on WW what should I add in order to get reliable expansion from a hollow point in a 32 H&R mag leaving a 6.5" barrel at 1,000-1,100 fps? Thank you.
In my test with 38 special and 357, the antimony content in coww will cause the nose to break off. If I blended the ww down with pure lead to at least 1% antimony and had the tin at 4/5% I had ok results from 850 to a 1000 fps.
I switched to 20:1 and deep hp's did good starting at 850 up to 950. After 950 I had to use the cup points (shallow hp). Anything over 1000 or so 16:1 and cup points did better.
If I really wanted the classic mushroom without losing weight on impact I would use 16:1 and cup points right around 950 to 1050. I had no leading with any of these. Hope my results are of some use to you.
Tony
Thank you Tony. Great info. Looking forward to trying it very soon.
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