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Making Lathe Turned Bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="JOSE A. MARINE" data-source="post: 497094" data-attributes="member: 9159"><p>I myself have made a few, buy not out of brass but made of copper, mine were accurate (more than matchkings) in my rifle. made some for a 6.5 and some for a 308.</p><p> </p><p>the 308 bullets were made nearly identical to some match bullets of 180 grains, but made out of copper they weighted 166.2 gains. i have yet to check the BC...</p><p> </p><p>the 6.5 bullets were made nearli identical to 140 grains match bullets and ended up weighting 123.5 grains, these ones worked sweet.....</p><p> </p><p>I have not shot a lot of them, because I'm afraid they might wear the barrels a lot more than the traditional jacketed bullets.</p><p> </p><p>I did considered making them of brass but I thought that the brass could be harder on barrels also. maybe next time.</p><p> </p><p>copper is more difficult to machine, than brass...</p><p> </p><p>what particular alloy did you used?</p><p> </p><p>Joe</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JOSE A. MARINE, post: 497094, member: 9159"] I myself have made a few, buy not out of brass but made of copper, mine were accurate (more than matchkings) in my rifle. made some for a 6.5 and some for a 308. the 308 bullets were made nearly identical to some match bullets of 180 grains, but made out of copper they weighted 166.2 gains. i have yet to check the BC... the 6.5 bullets were made nearli identical to 140 grains match bullets and ended up weighting 123.5 grains, these ones worked sweet..... I have not shot a lot of them, because I'm afraid they might wear the barrels a lot more than the traditional jacketed bullets. I did considered making them of brass but I thought that the brass could be harder on barrels also. maybe next time. copper is more difficult to machine, than brass... what particular alloy did you used? Joe [/QUOTE]
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