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    Soft point bullets for reloading....

    can some kind person point me at the recent thread about buying soft point bullets on a Section 1 FAC - or not, as the case may be. Confusion still reigns, apparently, about just WHO can now buy soft point bullets or factory ammunition.

    Reason is that my two older Mausers, both 7x57, were made back in the days when the 175gr bullet was a long round-nosed item, not a fancy pointy thing. The long so-called 'pencil' bullet, as used by the Boers during the 2nd Boer War, had almost all the length of bearing surface, unlike a modern-shaped spitzer. Both my rifles shoot these modern bullets like a lawn-sprinkler. Hence my query.

    TIA

    tac

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    You can buy expanding bullets just the same as fmj`s.
    No licence required.
    The exception is some pistol bullets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mag44uk View Post
    You can buy expanding bullets just the same as fmj`s.
    No licence required.
    The exception is some pistol bullets.
    what he said
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    Even by mail order, except for live rounds of course.
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    Thanks, Gentlemen.

    tac

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    Some ranges still won't let you shoot it though. Check your range's standing orders or owners just in case.
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    so i can buy 8mm soft points in 150gns to shoot in my verguiro instead of 190gn fmj? even though i only have it for target use only

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    Quote Originally Posted by loiner1965 View Post
    so i can buy 8mm soft points in 150gns to shoot in my verguiro instead of 190gn fmj? even though i only have it for target use only
    No problem - there is no longer a distinction.
    You wont be asked why you want soft points.
    Plenty of guys using expanding bullets for paper punching at Bisley.
    Some guns shoot better at close range with flat base bullets.
    And most flat base bullets are expanding type!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mag44uk View Post
    No problem - there is no longer a distinction.
    You wont be asked why you want soft points.
    Plenty of guys using expanding bullets for paper punching at Bisley.
    Some guns shoot better at close range with flat base bullets.
    And most flat base bullets are expanding type!
    cool....i shot it with 150gn norma sp at the club and it loved them.....i can now buy similar rather than using the big 198gn mortars

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    Quote Originally Posted by sarge4318 View Post
    Some ranges still won't let you shoot it though. Check your range's standing orders or owners just in case.
    Good point, I'll do so.

    I don't want to get the things shooting well and then have to stop.

    tac

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    outdoor range for me so no problem

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    It's an outdoor range for me, too, the thought of shooting any centrefire indoors leaves me shaking my head.

    tac

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    Quote Originally Posted by tacfoley View Post
    It's an outdoor range for me, too, the thought of shooting any centrefire indoors leaves me shaking my head.

    tac
    we can shoot .44 mag and .357 mag indoors but i love to shoot my martinis indoors too but only pistol calibres etc.
    still be nice to tone down my verguiro from 198 gn mortars to around 150 to 175 gns

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    Quote Originally Posted by loiner1965 View Post
    we can shoot .44 mag and .357 mag indoors but i love to shoot my martinis indoors too but only pistol calibres etc. still be nice to tone down my verguiro from 198 gn mortars to around 150 to 175 gns
    We can shoot any lead pistol calibre indoors, too, but no rifle calibres.

    That's why we also have three outdoor ranges...

    tac

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