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<blockquote data-quote="Osage1978" data-source="post: 3926444" data-attributes="member: 46228"><p>Response from Mead.</p><p></p><p>" Hello Waylon,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reaching out. I’ve CC’d both Greg (the owner and designer of this bullet), and Jeff (our Ballistics Lab Supervisor) on this email. They might have some input they would also want to share with you.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>First a little history. Mead Industries has been making the machinery that produce bullets for almost 40 years. Our clients include Fiocchi, Barnes, Sellier & Belloit, and many more. So, you probably have shot plenty of projectiles over the course of time that came off of one of our presses. Our owner, Greg Mead, worked for Hornady many years ago, and was in charge of new product development for them. He is the creator of the XTP and A-Max product lines. Recently we have transitioned to producing our own product lines. We ultimately want to produce a high-end Hunting Lines in several calibers, that focus on terminal characteristics and a Match Grade Lineup that focuses on Distance and accuracy. We are finding that there is also plenty of options for a Hybrid line that utilizes characteristics for both.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The .223 40gr Dog Gone Varmint ammunition you are planning to test was originally designed to shoot out of a 22 Mag. When we discovered the performance of this bullet, we tested in .223 and 22-250 so far. Since 223 brass was the easiest cases to source, the creation of the Dog Gone product line occurred. We continued to evolve the design throughout the testing and discovered that a simple tooling change in our process would allow us to create a HP cavity in the Soft Point Lead tip. This added to the rapid expansion and terminal characteristics of this bullet. So, we chose to market it this way. It also sets us apart some from traditional varmint marketing you see everywhere. "</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Osage1978, post: 3926444, member: 46228"] Response from Mead. " Hello Waylon, Thanks for reaching out. I’ve CC’d both Greg (the owner and designer of this bullet), and Jeff (our Ballistics Lab Supervisor) on this email. They might have some input they would also want to share with you. First a little history. Mead Industries has been making the machinery that produce bullets for almost 40 years. Our clients include Fiocchi, Barnes, Sellier & Belloit, and many more. So, you probably have shot plenty of projectiles over the course of time that came off of one of our presses. Our owner, Greg Mead, worked for Hornady many years ago, and was in charge of new product development for them. He is the creator of the XTP and A-Max product lines. Recently we have transitioned to producing our own product lines. We ultimately want to produce a high-end Hunting Lines in several calibers, that focus on terminal characteristics and a Match Grade Lineup that focuses on Distance and accuracy. We are finding that there is also plenty of options for a Hybrid line that utilizes characteristics for both. The .223 40gr Dog Gone Varmint ammunition you are planning to test was originally designed to shoot out of a 22 Mag. When we discovered the performance of this bullet, we tested in .223 and 22-250 so far. Since 223 brass was the easiest cases to source, the creation of the Dog Gone product line occurred. We continued to evolve the design throughout the testing and discovered that a simple tooling change in our process would allow us to create a HP cavity in the Soft Point Lead tip. This added to the rapid expansion and terminal characteristics of this bullet. So, we chose to market it this way. It also sets us apart some from traditional varmint marketing you see everywhere. " [/QUOTE]
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