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Old 12-28-2020, 09:09 PM
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Exactly - they were very accurate as well. I was sad to see them out of production. Seems to me, the Ballistic Tips are more frangible than the older solid base soft points.
I was wondering about that Daryl. To me the lead tip would slow down the expansion while the plastic tip would speed it up.
I'll be giving these a try. Fur around here goes for almost nothing so it doesn't matter if there is a large exit hole. My hope was that these would be comparable to the Sierra Game Kings. Accuracy was what I've come to expect out of Nosler bullets.
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Old 12-29-2020, 03:40 AM
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Love those old Solid Base bullets!

I've got right around 2K of their 45gr Hornet Solid Base bullets stashed for my Hornets, and from experimenting with about every suitable Hornet bullet I could find over the years, these little gems have given me accuracy from my little 1885 Low Wall K-Hornet that rivals some of my HB rat rifles, like some groups in the high 'ones'. Really.

Wish they'd make a run of them again sometime, but living in a free state (for now), I'll continue to use them on all the chucks and squirrels I can in the meantime. An excellent bullet.
I second this, my 22 K Hornet loved those 45 gr solid base bullets.
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Old 12-29-2020, 11:41 PM
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After years of accolades for the accuracy and complaints of fragility, I understand Sierra toughed the jackets of .338 BT's and larger, not the smaller ones. The might have changed .308's as well, but that was not noted in the write up I read. Seems to me, they advertised this as well, with cross-section photos showing very thick jackets.

What was written up by one hunter was the 200gr. BT Sierra becoming one of the best, if not the best bullet for Elk from a .338 - lovely expansion yet exits on broadside shots, instead of destroyed front shoulders from hits behind the leg.
Apparently, this had been the norm, with the solid based bullet of "before" the varmint craze.
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Old 12-30-2020, 10:32 AM
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My experience with BT bullets was with the early Nosler 140gr. in a 280 Rem. The experience left a bad taste in my mouth for plastic tip bullets. I still don't have any in any caliber.
Sierra is discontinuing their 50 and 55gr. smp bullets in .224 so I bought some to compare to the Nosler Solid Base Expanders. I've shot a lot of Sierra 40gr. hp's in the past and really liked them .....on paper . No Coyotes were used as targets.........yet.
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Old 12-30-2020, 03:13 PM
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In spite of all of the magical ballistic things that the new wonder bullets do to allow me to hit coyotes at extended internet raving ranges, when bullet hits coyote, a lead tipped bullet still performs very well. Followed by well made HP bullets.

Blistic tipped bullets work great on pds

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Old 12-30-2020, 07:51 PM
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My experience with BT bullets was with the early Nosler 140gr. in a 280 Rem. The experience left a bad taste in my mouth for plastic tip bullets. I still don't have any in any caliber.
Sierra is discontinuing their 50 and 55gr. smp bullets in .224 so I bought some to compare to the Nosler Solid Base Expanders. I've shot a lot of Sierra 40gr. hp's in the past and really liked them .....on paper . No Coyotes were used as targets.........yet.
About those 40gr. Sierra HP's. Says on the box minimum 3,600fps or perhaps that notation in in their loading manual. Anyway, that bullet is intended for higher speed .224's. It is very accurate at CZ Hornet speed of 3,340fps.
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Old 12-30-2020, 09:11 PM
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And they are pretty hard. They ricochet pretty easily if they hit on hard surfaces, even the ground at low angles.
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Old 12-30-2020, 10:16 PM
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I never saw any ricochet's in shooting them in the pivots or rocky areas, they seemed to just come apart upon hitting anything solid, like that and did not skip on, even the solid base.
They sure did open holes in coyotes and rock chucks and blew ground squirrels into pieces. I liked them and would still shoot them, if you could get them, and my commie state would lift the lead bullet ban. ( you know to save the Condor)
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