Which bullets are easier to tune?

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It seems when I started shooting BR I heard that bullets with a shorter OG such as a 7 were easier to tune that the more pointy bullets.
But now we are seeing the pointier bullets and the compound OG's as well as boat tails.
So what is the current thought on which bullets are easier to tune?
Ted
 
mate

you've bin around this site long enuf t no the barrel is the boss;)
 
Jef Fowler told me years ago that the 6-6.5 ogive nose bullets were far easier to tune and keep in tune than the 7.5 7-3/4 and up noses that are popular today.

He said most of the wood he had won over the years was with the stubbies.

Why, in later years, did he make and sell mostly 7-7.5 noses? That is what shooters wanted.

Think of all the problems long range shooters have just getting VLD types to shoot.
 
If you are going to shoot long range then a VLD will give you some advantages, but it will require a matching lead angle on the reamer, and a lot of seating depth testing...
Short range shooting a 6-7 ogive is easier to find a seating depth for...the double ogive bullets are a unique design all to themselves, but seem to tune without a lot of trouble...my experience is that once the magic seting depth is found...keep it there by using a guage...check it often as the throat wear moves the lands and groove engagement gradually...

Oh, and the answer is YES in my opinion...:rolleyes:
 
In my experience

7's are easier to tune than anything higher. Others do well with 10's but I don't like them. I don't like 8's either. I would like to try some 6's I must say
 
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