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<blockquote data-quote="HARPERC" data-source="post: 1376457" data-attributes="member: 30671"><p>I'll bite! Many moons ago we were trying to get a handle on the Barnes X-bullets, as we were seeing all variations of terminal performance.</p><p>We decided to play with the hollow point. Plan was to chuck bullets in a small lathe, and cut it a deeper. If I recall they were about 1 caliber deep (.338), and we planned on cutting them to 2 calibers deep. </p><p></p><p>While my memory is a bit rusty about depth, the results remain clear. The first few cut great nice soft copper peeled out of the hole. Then from the same box we would get one that couldn't be cut with a carbide bit. We went back and forth cut a couple, then a couple that wouldn't cut period, and gave up.</p><p></p><p>We gave the bullets to one of the younger guys in the group, who was on a tight budget at the time. He shot a few deer with them. The "soft" ones killed like lightning, the "hard" ones not so much. </p><p></p><p>I don't know if he tried other bullets, but eventually got rid of the rifle as it never shot as well as he would like. I've always wished he'd have brought it by so I could see if it could be sorted out.</p><p></p><p>My guess is you found the combination of a "hard" bullet, at either "maximum" tolerance, or just over. Then fired it through a barrel either at "minimum" tolerances or under. </p><p></p><p>Hammer is the only mono's I will shoot, because Steve is the only person I've met willing to take material, and tolerances seriously.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HARPERC, post: 1376457, member: 30671"] I'll bite! Many moons ago we were trying to get a handle on the Barnes X-bullets, as we were seeing all variations of terminal performance. We decided to play with the hollow point. Plan was to chuck bullets in a small lathe, and cut it a deeper. If I recall they were about 1 caliber deep (.338), and we planned on cutting them to 2 calibers deep. While my memory is a bit rusty about depth, the results remain clear. The first few cut great nice soft copper peeled out of the hole. Then from the same box we would get one that couldn't be cut with a carbide bit. We went back and forth cut a couple, then a couple that wouldn't cut period, and gave up. We gave the bullets to one of the younger guys in the group, who was on a tight budget at the time. He shot a few deer with them. The "soft" ones killed like lightning, the "hard" ones not so much. I don't know if he tried other bullets, but eventually got rid of the rifle as it never shot as well as he would like. I've always wished he'd have brought it by so I could see if it could be sorted out. My guess is you found the combination of a "hard" bullet, at either "maximum" tolerance, or just over. Then fired it through a barrel either at "minimum" tolerances or under. Hammer is the only mono's I will shoot, because Steve is the only person I've met willing to take material, and tolerances seriously. [/QUOTE]
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