I know the feeling of my intial post in the thread was, who really cares in the end, these are going to the job and the performance, although not QUITE a perfect as the new ones, I good enough for what you will need a gun for.
BUT....after seeing sopping for some bullets ths week, particularly ones I haven't reloaded yet in a lighter 357mag load, I stumbled upon a website that sold Remington Golden Sabers for 35$ for 200, these are great rounds for light 357's, if not bonded. the 110 silvertips right next to it for literally twice the cost. So, again I it the tubes to see what the deal is, give myself a second opinion, because they are a desireable lightweight, for some fols it's deired, and they are sure are pretty with the nickeling, but they fell so short in any 38spl load and oretty bad even in 357s, don't ask about smaller. but these have a place in larger bore caliber, maybe 357 max(although I am not sure bout this, they also seem brittle, so faster velocity might actually wose, bouthg they have some good experiences with high velo big artridges, 10mm 175 being ne, jacket separation but that concers me little so long as the mushroom is consistent and penetration and wound channel lage, these work, best they are not but work fine to lay down whatever. the 225 45LC is stupid awesome(20" with expansion and totl one-piece jacket shed midway, good strong bullet for hunting,
here is another larger bore silver-tip---snib btw
The recovered Winchester Silvertip; expansion to .66 caliber with decent penetration. Couldn't ask for a whole lot more.
t seems that every larger bore silver-tip bespite velocity had expansion and superb penetration, t jut my be that a -CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED- diameter bullet is need to bisperse the shock through the larger surface of the bullet, they appear to do fin in all of the bigs, exluding separation.
so it seems they have a place, and that's not smaller diaeter cartridges. still pricey though