"J-words are kinda like an ugly person with a beautiful heart"
Yup, you use em but don't wanna tell anyone.
"J-words are kinda like an ugly person with a beautiful heart"
Yup, you use em but don't wanna tell anyone.
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Heck I like jacketed bullets. They have 2 problems. 1st... I cannot make them myself...2nd, I cant afford to buy them in any quantity. I'd like to get into swaging, but I aint got there yet.
I like the tradition of making lead projectiles and using them in guns that were made for them, or that do well with them. For example. 38 special revolvers, 44 mag and 45 colt revolvers, 45-70 rifles, and 30-30's Now... 30-30 wasnt made for lead, but it will handle lead at full power.
I won't knock cast boolits at all - I own a couple of rifles that will never taste copper - but jacketed bullets load a lot faster. No sizing, lube, grease cookies or patching.
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Shooting j word bullets like driving a Dodge truck, it’s ok as long as you don’t get caught. LOL
I don't "speed load" any of my handloads and I feel much more satisfaction using cast bullets. The actual loading ain't no different than full condom bullets, but there is a bit more (a lot more?) that goes into making a lead bullet than picking a jacketed out of a box. But in the long run, my bench has room for both. My "Just In Case" handgun ammo is jacketed (9mm & 35 ACP)...
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If I buy j-word bullets I'll get the boat tail bullets. Much easier to load.....
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
Last time at the range, I was testing some cast loads for my .308 and the guy next to me asked me: "It seems like so many variables, why do you bother trying to shoot cast boolits out of that gun?"
I just said, "If it works, it'll be cool. If it doesn't, I'll try something different. Eventually it will work AND when it does, I'll be able to shoot .308 for about $0.20 - $0.30 a round AND those rounds will take much longer to wear my barrel down."
He looked at me and said that it still seemed like too much trouble. He was a Jword bullet kind of man.
I love both. But except for my +3000fps rifles, I'm using cast 75% of the time. 100% cast for .38 Special, 44-40, and 38-55 cartridges. I shoot a lot; cast boolits makes that possible! My friends say I'm a better shot than them- if I am -it is to the credit of practice with LEAD.
I got a great deal on some 38 cal 125g J-word bullets ($100-2K) so I’m using them up, but other than that, my 38spls would never see a jacket. Still use Hornady 158g XTPs for hot loaded 357mag. Other than that they too don’t see a J-word.
L.E.C.
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helps us define what type of bullet we're talking about cast or jwords or jacketedeed (less letters to type and get wrong. )
J-word bullets are for people that are too lazy to cast.
I kinda like the term flgc or full length gas check.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |