Hi guys,
it seems like everyone is using super hard lead alloys for everything nowadays. I see people shooting super weak plinking loads and still using alloys with bhn of 15 or even higher if you ask them why, there are always more ore less the same explanations: soft alloys cause barrel leading, they arent accurate, the bullets could get "ripped apart"....no matter what, a high bhn is the way to go... well i know this is true for shooting at very high speeds but i dont use hard alloys for everything and still have great accuracy and no leading and i never saw a bullet getting "ripped apart". I`m shooting .357magnum at 1450 fps with a bhn of 10 for years now and i never had any problems. I had even stronger loads for my .308, pushing bullets with a bhn of 14 to 1800fps, great accuracy and very, very little leading.
Am i missing something or is it just a trend to use super hard alloys for everything?
it seems like everyone is using super hard lead alloys for everything nowadays. I see people shooting super weak plinking loads and still using alloys with bhn of 15 or even higher if you ask them why, there are always more ore less the same explanations: soft alloys cause barrel leading, they arent accurate, the bullets could get "ripped apart"....no matter what, a high bhn is the way to go... well i know this is true for shooting at very high speeds but i dont use hard alloys for everything and still have great accuracy and no leading and i never saw a bullet getting "ripped apart". I`m shooting .357magnum at 1450 fps with a bhn of 10 for years now and i never had any problems. I had even stronger loads for my .308, pushing bullets with a bhn of 14 to 1800fps, great accuracy and very, very little leading.
Am i missing something or is it just a trend to use super hard alloys for everything?