The perfect bullet is available!!!

A number of people have tried lathe-turned bullets in the long range game -- including in the Chy-Tac. But they haven't gotten much (any?) fake wood.

There is some thought that the rifling must be very different for solid-copper bullets. Far as I know, that isn't proven yet, though I'll confess to not keeping up with the lathe-turned bullet performance. I'll wait until they get a few wins.
 
Butch

I read some of the post, and it looks like a bunch of guys who do not have a clue as to what is going on in 100-200 yard Benchrest. There is a lot of that going around these days.
When someone starts throwing ridiculous machining tolerances around, that should tell you something.
As we say to most who proclaim so called "new ideas", go and win a few aggs, then come and expound upon the virtues........jackie
 
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Butch;
I wonder who he gets to measure those things?? He sure isn't doing it on a CMM. I think it sounds to me like they are clueless. Suppose he gets that resolution out of his 6" digital calipers??

Mike Swartz
 
A couple of the comments are a little questionable. The poster says that dies are only as consistent as the tools that made them. Guess that doesnt apply to turned bullets. And that the results on target have nothing to do with how the bullet was made. WHAT!!!! At $275 per 100 they better be perfect.
Maybe future improvements could be the boomerang option, so that it goes through the target and flies back so it can be reloaded again.
 
That was $275 for 100 .416 big dangerous game bullets... I can actually see some logic in -that- pricing...

As for being able to hold that kinda tolerances?

The grape kool-aid wanna come outta da bogie's nose... I think our friend's esoteric measuring tools may have slipped a coupla-three decimal places...
 
Remington Arms and the machine tool builder Hitachi-Seiki spent a lot of money trying to turn a super precision bullet for the military. They never got close enough to the theoretical goals to continue.
 
As to the measurement side of things, I'd settle for bullets that measured .150 -- for five of them, after being shot on a 200 yard target. Oh yeah. In this test, you measure the target, not the bullets.
 
Charles

That is pretty darned good. Well said.
Personally, I think they should have stacked a couple of more "zeros" in to the right of the decimal point. If you are going to be ridiculous, might as well go all the way.........jackie
 
Of course, not for short range benchrest but ....

There has been considerable experimenting going on in other disciplines with turned projectiles, some with considerable success.

German ballistic & armament guru, Lutz Moller, has a team of shooters who have won a sniper-style competetion several years on end with CNC bullets machined for the .338 Lapua. Some British match rifle (1000-1200 yard bellygunners) have had success with similarly constructed ammunition, although it has since been banned by their MOD due to its apparent problematic behaviour subsequent to striking the backstop.

Common to all the successful stuff has been carefully designed minimal driving bands balanced to achieve alignment & gas sealing without excessive friction & barrel wear.

The late but unlamented Lost River stuff has been similarly evaluated by about anybody who shot it as you did, Lynn.
 
Jackie, I need to send you a PM, but your mail box is full. Can you send me one with a contact phone number in it.

Thanks.

Steve Boelter
 
Lynn,
I sent the guy a print that had the post that I refered too and also cad drawings with solid models. He said a duplicate of a Cheeks 66BT would be 62 grains and need a 10.3 twist. $.75 ea. with a minimum of 15,000. I asked if they would shoot, he said no guarantee.
GS does make very good bullets and I believe has a much better feel for what makes a good bullet. They are very personable and don't make any wild claims.
Butch
 
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