Bill Steigers is long retired. Was there a patent on Bitteroot bullets? If so, it should be expired. Is there a need for that bullet these days?

It might be informative trying to recreate those projectiles.

As I understand they were the first bonded bullet. There are tons of bonded bullets on the market now that do the same thing. The bonded bullet market is extremely competitive with so many choices already out there.

Bitterroots were the first, and i was the second. For a long time Bill and i were the only one making bonded core bullets.

Hand making bullets is quite a job, and i got out of it after about 10 years, Bill made them a lot longer than that.

To be honest, i always liked NP's better anyway, and like was said, everyone is bonding bullets today...

DM

The difference in the Bitteroots was the extra thickness of the jackets. Now we have mono-metal bullets from Barnes, Hornady, GSC, CEB, et. al. which expand and penetrate even deeper than the Bitteroots.

The closest bullets today to the performance of the Bitteroots are the Swift A-Frame and the North Fork Bonded.

I have also found that Norma Oryx bullets, at least the .308" 180 grain Oryx, performs very similar to the Bitterroot. My experience with them on game was limited though, using them on one zebra, one gemsbok, one eland, and one springbok. The recovered bullets showed very similar performance to the Bitterroot's that I have recovered in the past. As already reported, these days there are ample choices for bonded core bullets.

TT