metplat

[mongrel284]

Has anyone done experimenting and has good or bad results in metplating bullets. Or are the bullets these days are off good quality.And am i wasting my time?

[johnk]

I meplat my Match Rifle bullets & repoint them with John Whidden gear. I run 210s, either SMKs or Berger VLDs. With the SMKs, by meplatting of the base datum, I can eyeball sort into two logical batches which I surmise relates to ogive relationship to base, ie either boat tail form or parallel body length, but it doesn't seem to matter. I then point to close the tip so there's just a pinpoint opening still visible.

With the Bergers, there seems to be a greater uniformity, so what I'm doing is just cleaning up their pinch trim & the repoint is virtually unnecessary.

In any case, I can't be bothered analyzing the outcome, but my second & third SDs seem to be somewhat tighter. Essentially, it's become a comfort mantra.

[bsouthernau]

I gave up on trimming the meplats because I thought I was losing too much BC and these days only point them. Like John I'd recommend the Whidden system but I've got an unwanted Sinclair trimmer with a .30cal bullet sleeve here if you're interested.

Barry

[bsouthernau]

Paul J

I've had two tries at answering your PM on this thread and both seem to have got stuck in my outbox. If you drop an email to bsouthernau@hotmail.com I can get back to you that way.

Barry

[mike H]

I don't,too technical for me,in Match Rifle,the solution is to use A-maxes,though not long back someone asked about pointing them,the answer from someone smarter than me was to try a pencil sharpener.

[AlanF]

Paul J

I've had two tries at answering your PM on this thread and both seem to have got stuck in my outbox. If you drop an email to bsouthernau@hotmail.com I can get back to you that way.

Barry

Barry,

If a PM is "stuck" in your Outbox, it just means the recipient hasn't got around to reading it. That's how it works.

Alan

[bsouthernau]

If a PM is "stuck" in your Outbox, it just means the recipient hasn't got around to reading it. That's how it works.

Alan

Silly me. Thought they were queued up to go and weren't going.

[AlanF]

...Silly me. Thought they were queued up to go and weren't going.

If its any comfort Barry, I get numerous enquiries on this point. They probably should have called it "Unreadbox".

[johnk]

That like undead?