Been looking around a few sites I'm a member of.. Many of them are reloader oriented.
I keep seeing people getting uber hard handgun bullets..like 22 bhn for low pressure stop..like 9mm and 38spl 44 sol and 45 colt..etc.
What the heck.. I must be doing something wrong cuz I shoot most handgun around 10bhn. If it's a magnum load maybe gas checked and 12 if lots of fps..but that's imho.. That's almost too hard.
I'm not even doing 30 cal rifle at 22 bin. Just 16-18 and gas checked. Same with 35 cal.
Have I been doing it wrong all this time? I shoot into sand and water and recover projectiles. Always 100% weight retention and mushroomed. Like a dime. Accuracy is superior to commercial jwords and no lead fouling. Hammer smash tests always yields a nice deforming non fracturing bullet.
What am I missing?