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Does any company currently make a 90 grain .224 bullet? I know several make 75-80 grain weights. Also what twist do you think such a critter would have to have? 1-7 or maybe 1-6? Thanks, HBB | ||
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I have some 88 gr bullets made by the Allred Bullet Co. in Logan, Utah. They are for my .224 Wildcat (6.5 Rem Mag shortened to 2") with a 1-9 twist. These bullets are a "partition" made by having a smaller cup reversed inside of the .224" jacket. They are very accurate and stabilize fine. I cannot find Allred when I did a seach for him now. I got these bullets in 1988. My barrel is worn out now. In retrospect it was fun to get it to work but I burned out the barrel at the range developing loads and getting the rifle to shoot. This is what I do most of the time anyway. However wildcats that require case forming get old quick. The only bright spot in the whole adventure was the compliment I got on the chamber and cartridge drawings from Hendrickson. The cartridge headspaces on the shoulder by the way. If I were to make up a small bore for really long range hunting it would be a 243 WSSM with a 26" barrel and a 1-8 twist. If I wanted a .224 bore it would be the .223 WSSM with a 1-8 twist also. | |||
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I think you are referring to the 90 gr. VLD by Jimmy Knox(JLK Bullets). These are designed for long range target work and require a very specialized set up, 1/6.5 barrels are made by Pac-Nor. A special reamer for optimun seating is also usually used. John Holliger of White Oak Precision is the man to talk to. | |||
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Kevin got it exactly right. These are coming out more and more as shooters need to rebarrel and decide to try even faster twists. I understand that one of the Army shooters (Tippie, maybe?) set a new 1000 yard service rifle record with them last summer. A clean (200) with 14 or so X's. Maybe more, I'll have to look it up. Some years ago a company in Oak Ridge Tennessee called Powell River Labs (PRL) made tungsten-cored match bullets that were really heavy and terrribly expensive and rumored to be radioactive! They came individually wrappend in the cartons I bought. Never shot 'em, traded them as collectibles later on. Redial | |||
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