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17tbs 04-30-2008 04:30 PM

.172 Solids!!
 
WOULD ANYONE have any .1724" x .598"OAL SPBT solid copper bullets manufactured for Fred at Bullberry ? Is there anyone willing to sell a box?

Update:

Well, gents, found some.

http://www.saubier.com/forum/picture...pictureid=1052

Ladobe 05-02-2008 05:45 PM

In a word (well two words)... good luck.

I see you also sent me a PM about this, so I'll tell you the story right from the horses mouth as it was conveyed to me via a reply to your PM.

Tim Anderson 05-03-2008 05:04 AM

Solid copper bullets won't shoot very well in most rifles. The copper bullet is to hard and will not exspand in order to seal the gases behind it. Not all 17 cal. barrels are the exact inside dia. so the bullets may work in one barrel but not the other unless you get lucky. I have some solid copper bullets made by a different bullet maker and they don't work in any of my rifles. The bullet maker was aware of the problem and stated if i wanted to continue to use them i would have to run a couple of soft lead slugs through my barrel and then he could turn the bullets to that dia. and then they should work.. I don't think he is in buisness any longer..

17tbs 06-10-2018 02:12 AM

Well, we will see how these run in a 17VHA.
I now have three different solids, no HP, no lead, just straight Cu with a point. Accuracy with the 17gr at the top has been the best, the 19gr drills targets as large as boar and I haven't recovered any of these from game.

The 25gr at the bottom here has a long history I suspect going back to the Army BRL as I found some examples of it loaded in a necked down 5.56x45mm case at Frankford Arsenal.

Bill K,

Yep those Lehigh Defense 18 and 20gr hp fb lathe turned bullets perform quite well.
17gr unloaded
http://www.saubier.com/forum/picture...&pictureid=516

Loaded in 17VHA 40° 9.2GR 300X

http://www.saubier.com/forum/picture...&pictureid=513
19gr in a 17FB
http://www.saubier.com/forum/picture...&pictureid=633
25gr unloaded
http://www.saubier.com/forum/picture...pictureid=1052

Bill K 06-10-2018 03:04 AM

.172 Solids
 
Closest I have come to these would probably be the one's put by Lehigh defense. They have worked pretty good. Bill K :)

squirrel_slayer 06-10-2018 05:23 AM

alot of old threads dug up recently

17VLD 06-10-2018 12:00 PM

You could try...
 
Lost River Ballistics in Idaho.They made a solid that was the shape of the Berger
37 but weighed 32 grains.It shot ok in my 17PPC,but not as well as the Berger.
Can’t remember if they had a lighter offering.
Matt

rickiesrevenge 06-12-2018 07:34 PM

Matt,
I bet they all made it to the target unlike the Berger!
Aaron

17tbs 06-12-2018 10:22 PM

reloading threads?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by squirrel_slayer (Post 271266)
alot of old threads dug up recently

Yep, sort of like going through the reloading bench.

reed1911 06-13-2018 08:35 AM

We still sell them

https://shop.reedsammo.com/17-Cal-Bu...17C25SOLID.htm


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