A Quick Look At Bullet Types
BY PGF
1 year, 8 months ago
I’ve never shot polymer-coated or tipped rounds.
Poly-coated Bullets—polymer coats the entire bullet, creating a number of advantages of shooting or loading by hand. Because they’re coated in polymer, they don’t release as much gas from each round, which helps with indoor shooting. The polymer creates a smooth feed in magazine loaded firearms. And the polymer also reduces residue left in a firearm’s barrel. Sometimes color-coded by use.
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Polymer-Tipped—bullets with a plastic or polymer tip that improves aerodynamic stability for hunting or long-range shooting. Other advantages are associated with the tip being forced back into the body of the bullet and aiding with expansion, as well as a more reliable feed in semi-automatic firearms. The concept is simple enough; it can fly like a Full Metal Jacket bullet, but expand like a hollow point. The ability to injection mold these polymer tips has also aided in manufacturing consistency. Made famous in the Nosler “Ballistic Tip” design, polymer-tipped bullets are now being made by many manufacturers for big-game hunting, long-range competition, varmint control, and now even personal defense ammunition.
Several other types are mentioned in the same short paragraph fashion at the link.
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On April 13, 2023 at 9:04 pm, Latigo Morgan said:
My brother in law powder coats his cast bullets. I had him cast up a bunch of .44s for me and as a joke, he used several different colors. It looked like Walt Disney threw up in the box the bullets were in. My favorites were the blue, Smurf-colored bullets for some reason.
On April 14, 2023 at 8:27 am, Brian T said:
poly coated cast work great in handguns and heavy for caliber bullets (200+ grains) in 300 AAC or 45-70 (under 2K FPS)
On April 14, 2023 at 12:47 pm, =TW= said:
I ran across this the other day:
https://www.dlsports.com/dl-45-acp-bullet.html
Looks like the old H&G #135.
What do you think?
On April 15, 2023 at 8:53 pm, Williams Botan said:
How would this effect the bullet striations?
Not sure how the LOEs would like this.