Originally Posted by
goodsteel
Designs like that in the OP are not made for target shooting which many of us tend to gravitate to. While I agree, you can't harvest what you can't hit, you look at this bullet and it seems to be a terrible design.
Is it a target bullet? "No, it's all wrong for that."
Is it a hunting bullet? "Well I read a hunting bullet has to have a big flat nose, so........no?"
Why is it still alive if it shows neither the earmarks of a hunting bullet or a target bullet? "I don't know!!!! Its a freak and it shouldn't exist!!!!!"
Aha, well it's not a freak. It follows a different method than is commonly practiced, but that which was, at one time, the norm.
Fact is, this bullet has several key advantages that have endeared it to its users (myself being one of them).
First of all, this bullet is excellent for use in a situation where you must have reliable feeding. That long nose will make the most finicky of rifles feed well and reliably. This bullet runs in a Remington Model 8 like pouring water through a funnel.
Second, it's very easy to cast, and it keeps all the lube and gas check inside the neck where it belongs, while giving you a 250 grain projectile, and it has a crimp groove so it can take a beating in semi automatic and tubular magazines without losing the seating depth.
It also fits in the sort throat of the 358WCF and 35Remington.
Finally, last and certainly not least...........it tumbles when it hits. It'll keep it together till it hits fur, but then it's going end over end, and frankly, even cast of ice hard metal, it makes the damage caused by a WFN look kind of pitiful.
So think about putting all this together. You load these bullets up hot in a Remington Model 8 or 81 semi auto, and you can belt out 5 of these as fast as you can pull the trigger. When each one hits the bear charging you down it goes end over end as it passes through the enraged animal. The bullets are carrying an enormous amount of energy with them, and they dump most of it in the bear before they exit.
THAT'S why it's still here and THAT'S why it's one of my favorite bullets, even though no match will ever be won with it, and the groups are about double what I get from any other bullet design I've tried.