Good Morning,
I am considering an Arsenal 40-205 RF and was interested if anyone had any thoughts or experiences with this bullet that they would like to share. It will be used in a variety of 38-40's.
Thanks for the input.
Good Morning,
I am considering an Arsenal 40-205 RF and was interested if anyone had any thoughts or experiences with this bullet that they would like to share. It will be used in a variety of 38-40's.
Thanks for the input.
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W8SOB
I hadn't looked at Arsenal's stuff in a while so I pulled up their web page and checked out that 40-205RF. Nice looking boolit!
I've been shooting a 40 cal. Ranch Dog -style gas check design that casts up 205 to 210 grains depending on alloy. My silhouette load in the old M92 38/40 is about a 1200 fps load and shoots nice to 200 yards. It doesn't need the gas check at that velocity for leading purposes but my boolit design likes the g.c. for a little improvement in accuracy, so I use it. I like the looks of that 205RF -- I might have to go after one of those. Nice crimp groove and a big enough lube groove (I would guess) to use with black powder.
That one may have been my fault I had purchased a beat up '92 with a great bore and needed something to feed it. It shoots very well in my '92. About 1.5"@50 yds (about all my eyes will do nowadays).
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 |