Is this for game shooting?
Is this for game shooting?
I've heard of these ones
https://www.barnesbullets.com/bullets/banded-solids/
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
Some dimension info you値l find here
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/...fig3_279961452
BTW not all ranges allow mono metallic bullets ,Bisley certainly has restrictions on their use but I知 not sure what other ranges do.
Regards
James
That's interesting, as a kid I used to search the rifle backstops at a local military range and found many .303 / 7.62 size heads almost undamaged. Many more were slightly flattened and bent like bananas. I wonder why a solid copper bullet would be worse.
The metal target frames were all clad in wood, to stop splash, perhaps copper would be more dangerous to the butt crew.
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.