On my last componant order I threw in some FMJ/BT's in .224 for my swift because they were cheap. They shot to the same POI of my sierra load and were great for busting clays at the range. My question is, what do others use the bullets for besides plinking. Are they acceptable for anything but. Thought they would be nice for a rabbit where the sierra would turn it to hamburger.

Nb - I wouldn't use them for hunting applications, nor are they legal for many such things. But they make great ammo for other purposes.

It took me three coyotes befor I saw the light. Unless you hit a shoulderbone, spine, or the brain your coyote will most likely be gone. My nephew tried them(fmjs) for cottontails out of a 222 Rem. Sometimes things went fine, other times-no rabbit left.
I have a mold that throws a 55gr. flat nose cast bullet. I am going to get around to trying that out one of these days.
call em in close_______Pete

Be sure of your backstop when using FMJs; the chance of ricochet increases significantly over expanding bullets.

George

Some use FMJ bullets for shooting furbearers, when they want to minimize hide damage, BUT -- you have to load them to much lower velocities for such use, because at Swift or .22/250 full load speeds, a FMJ will also blow your target to smithereens, just like an expanding bullet!!

I used a few of them for Turkeys when it was legal to do so. Even in a .223, if the velocity was too high, the bullet would destroy too much meat. I used the Speer #1045 (55 FB) in those days.

But, a 55 Hornady SP did a better job (at reduced velocities). As a small game loading, a cast is probably better.

Targets it is... Oh well, at least their cheap eh.