Dyer HBC or Optimus HBC

[Ken Melgaard]

Just looking for some info on the Dyer or Optimus HBC bullets if anyone has some they could measure for me please
The info that l am wanting, is the Boat Tail length and the the bearing length or base to ogive length
As l am looking at making some 30 caliber x 155.5 grain VLD Bullets as a comparison
So just curious and to compare them to some older Berger 155 grain VLD Bullets as l am interested in the length of the Boat Tail and a bearing length between 0.350” to 0.400”
And any feedback on if anyone has used the current Berger 155 VLD bulllets
Thanks for your help and assistance
Ken @ Copperhead Bulllets

[PeteFox]

Ken
I can do better than that
Pete

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[Ken Melgaard]

Excellent, that’s what I needed
I appreciate your help Peter
I thought that the boat tail was shorter on the HBC!! (0.180” long)
The old specs that l had on the Berger was a 0.145” long BT and a bearing length of 0.395” with a 14 degree Secant ogive
Thanks again Peter
Cheers
Ken

[mauserjr]

Cheers Ken ...Would you like me to post you half a dozen for measuring ... Mauserjr

[disb]

Can also post some if you require..

[charlieboy]

If you have GRT I managed to get the information on the HBC(P) submitted before Gordon passed away, all the diagramatic stuff will be there.

[cheech]

Why can’t these projectiles be remade again the tooling etc wouldn’t have disappeared would they , where does it end up ? Same as the old Taipan bullets . Everything seems to stop in its tracks when someone dies

[Rich4]

I believe it was all pretty worn out, last time I spoke to them it was being refurbished in the states then nothing.

[ErrolW]

Taipan stuff all got ditched to a big hole in the ground. Hbc closed up believe David Gifford has relocated to Texas and is making other projectiles at the moment and not returning any products to Australia .