Has anyone experience of solid copper heads ?

[Born Again]

How did you get on with them ? Are they capable of comparable accuracy to conventional copper jacketed types ? Are they fussy to load with ?

Also, long shot, does anyone have a dimension drawing of one in .308 ?

[mag44uk]

Is this for game shooting?

[JB101]

I've heard of these ones

https://www.barnesbullets.com/bullets/banded-solids/

[Born Again]

Is this for game shooting?

Not by me.

I'm wondering if there will be a ban on lead bullets and as I have a sliding head lathe, commonly known as a swiss automatic lathe, suitable to make this kind of thing by the thousands I was thinking of trying it.

Swiss automatic lathe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymiEXw6jZU

[JB101]

Some dimension info you’ll find here

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/...fig3_279961452

[Born Again]

Some dimension info you’ll find here

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/...fig3_279961452

Good find JB, thanks.

[JB101]

BTW not all ranges allow mono metallic bullets ,Bisley certainly has restrictions on their use but I’m not sure what other ranges do.

Regards
James

[223AI]

Not by me.

I'm wondering if there will be a ban on lead bullets and as I have a sliding head lathe, commonly known as a swiss automatic lathe, suitable to make this kind of thing by the thousands I was thinking of trying it.

Swiss automatic lathe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymiEXw6jZU

Lots and lots of products already on the market, Barnes, fox, GS custom, Hornady, Nosler people will but what they know works or is recommended so if it’s a business venture may not be worth the effort

[Born Again]

Lots and lots of products already on the market, Barnes, fox, GS custom, Hornady, Nosler people will but what they know works or is recommended so if it’s a business venture may not be worth the effort

Those products are expensive and as I have all the necessary equipment I have little to lose by trying, if ranges will allow them. I suppose I could get someone abroad to try them for me, feedback and testing in return for free ammo, in anticipation of a UK lead ban or change of range rules, or maybe just produce expanding non-toxic for the deer stalkers.

Who knows, all pie-in-the-sky hobby ideas at present.