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<blockquote data-quote="Rod Snell" data-source="post: 2368746" data-attributes="member: 796"><p>You can save a lot of leaning curve by getting a mentor or getting on the castbullets forum.</p><p>Selection of alloy to match caliber and speed is essential.</p><p>With something as hard as linotype, a hollowpoint is just decoration. If it hits hard enough to expand, it will just shatter.</p><p>Commercial hollow points use soft lead inside the jacket, which controls expansion.</p><p>If you cast a bullet out of softer lead 1:20, a hollowpoint will expand at brisk pistol velocities, but will lead like crazy at magnum or rifle speeds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod Snell, post: 2368746, member: 796"] You can save a lot of leaning curve by getting a mentor or getting on the castbullets forum. Selection of alloy to match caliber and speed is essential. With something as hard as linotype, a hollowpoint is just decoration. If it hits hard enough to expand, it will just shatter. Commercial hollow points use soft lead inside the jacket, which controls expansion. If you cast a bullet out of softer lead 1:20, a hollowpoint will expand at brisk pistol velocities, but will lead like crazy at magnum or rifle speeds. [/QUOTE]
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