I'm bragging (not really) - NOE 1000 Dollar club

[Loren]

I appreciate the effort.

A light .45 pellet may be one of those things that people will have to see in action for there to be a demand. The .45 Texan SS and some of the Korean .45s are just plain underpowered for launching heavy slugs at a flat shooting velocity.

I suppose I’ll have to hold my nose and order the AAO one. Nothing against AAO, its just that $300 plus a 10 week wait is a hard pill to swallow.

Some options from Accruate Molds.


I did this on a .357 pellet and sent the mold direct to Erik at http://www.hollowpointmold.com  I did this before NOE had their .357 pellet mold available.  I got inline with Erik when I ordered the mold from Accurate, so the wait was not bad.

It cast some really nice pellets and my Wincheter Model 70 likes them.

[K.O.]

Has anyone tried the Berry's hollow base 185 grain...or something like them...

https://www.berrysmfg.com/item/bp-45-452-185gr-hbrn

[Kinetic45^]

Has anyone tried the Berry's hollow base 185 grain...or something like them...

https://www.berrysmfg.com/item/bp-45-452-185gr-hbrn

You know, back when I started PCP'n about 20 years ago I was warned to never try to shoot a jacketed or thickly plated bullet because it would stick in the barrel.  I just accepted that (unusual for me because I usually question all the 'everybody knows' stuff).
So, yes please, absolutely someone test that bullet and report back if the general belief that such bullets will not shoot in air guns is true.
Why, if it's false and you can shoot jacketed bullets a whole world of projectiles will open up.
Unfortunately I'm so into the 'Silver Stream' of cast lead bullets I feel allergic to cupronickle so somebody else do it.

[K.O.]

I thought just maybe since it was plated not jacketed it might work... or that maybe could cast some of the Lee 452-200- rf and  make it a hollow point to get weight down...

It's base pour but maybe could jig up to machine a hollow base... The Berry's 185g HB was very accurate out of a acquaintances Ruger Vaquero at about 900 fps.

seems like a hollow base nose pour mold could recreate it pretty well...

[Kinetic45^]

I thought just maybe since it was plated not jacketed it might work... or that maybe could cast some of the Lee 452-200- rf and  make it a hollow point to get weight down...

It's base pour but maybe could jig up to machine a hollow base... The Berry's 185g HB was very accurate out of a acquaintances Ruger Vaquero at about 900 fps.

seems like a hollow base nose pour mold could recreate it pretty well...

This is GTA, the beauty of this great site is it's members... you are supposed to test and report back to us so we can share/expand the knowledge base, to push the envelope larger.
I really would like somebody to test the plated bullets.