Lead Bullets for PinShoots?

[faiello5]

I am just starting to reload. I participate in pin shooting and have always used either jacketed ball or hollowpoints. A few of the bullet makers make a 225g flat point lead bullet. Will lead bullets be as effective on pins as jacketed bullets? Any performance downside to using the lead? Thanks.


Regards,
Frank

 

[beemerb]

I've had good luck with 200gr lswc.A lot of other people I know shoot the same and had no problem.A 225 or 230 would be better but I can't find any in lswc

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[Monkeyleg]

Frank, without going so far into the reloading topic that this gets moved, let me tell you everything I know about lead bullets. In less than two seconds .

Lead bullets achieve higher velocities than do jacketed when using the same powder charges. Seems the copper jackets have more drag to them. As for the 225 gr flatpoints, a lot of really good pin shooters I know use them. I just picked up a box of them, and I'll see how my Kimber Gold Match feeds them. It's sometimes finicky on reloads.

Good luck,

Dick
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[Mike Irwin]

In a nutshell, yes. Lead bullets are fine for pinshooting.

They may, some people theorize, be even better for pin shooting than jacketed bullets. The thought goes that a lead bullet, even with a grazing shot, will mash into the pin and grab hold of it, preventing it from just skipping off to the side of the pin.

Theory? Truth? Hell if I know.

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