Handloading Dies 45 Colt, 454 Casull, 460 S&W

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Re: Handloading Dies 45 Colt, 454 Casull, 460 S&W

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the bullets hornaday uses in the sabots are the thicker jacketed ones . at least hornaday says they are .
keep in mind these are used in inlines @2000 fps

i think i still have 70 or so of the 100 i bought
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Re: Handloading Dies 45 Colt, 454 Casull, 460 S&W

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I wonder why Hornady would use the more expensive slug... of more expensive materials -- if the slug is sitting in a plastic sabot and the copper jacket never touches the barrel?
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Re: Handloading Dies 45 Colt, 454 Casull, 460 S&W

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Maybe the idea is to avoid the boi-oi-oi-oing (ringing/rippling/shockwave sort of thing) effect on the overall shape of the projectile by using a thicker jacket--retain the correct geometry despite an explosion going on all around it. I read something about that recently but I don't recall whether it was specifically applicable to sabot rounds.
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Re: Handloading Dies 45 Colt, 454 Casull, 460 S&W

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my best guess for hornaday using the heavy jacket bullets is they had some issues with the bullet shedding its jacket
upon impact with the higher velocities , but thats just a guess .
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Re: Handloading Dies 45 Colt, 454 Casull, 460 S&W

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One thing does occur to me just about EVERY time I try to second guess the manufacturers...

*gulp* They know more than I do. :lol:
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