Thread: .172 Solids!!
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Old 05-03-2008, 05:04 AM
Tim Anderson Tim Anderson is offline
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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..
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