SmokyMtnSmoke
Senior Member
Just kicking around some options and want to hear your experience and thoughts.
We (relaoders) use to buy lead bullets for cheap plinking and, for the most part, we still do as bulk lead plinkers tend to be less expensive.
In my thread on Hard Cast Gas Checked lead bullets I noted the higher cost of these over say the famous XTP's from Hornady. That cost, as 25-06 pointed out, is due to the labor involved and that they are not mass produced. So I guess my question I'm asking myself is , does the old adage of 'You get what you pay for ' have merit in this case?
The measurement is in the performance of the two bullets. Does a HCL RNFPGC 158g bullet do any better of a job than a Hornady FP/HP/XTP 158g ?
I think the definitive answer could come from a 'Box O'Truth' type test with identical loads (Powder,bullet weight, primer) being shot into say wet phone books from say 25 yards. Anyone here have the time and resources to perform such a test?
What do think?
We (relaoders) use to buy lead bullets for cheap plinking and, for the most part, we still do as bulk lead plinkers tend to be less expensive.
In my thread on Hard Cast Gas Checked lead bullets I noted the higher cost of these over say the famous XTP's from Hornady. That cost, as 25-06 pointed out, is due to the labor involved and that they are not mass produced. So I guess my question I'm asking myself is , does the old adage of 'You get what you pay for ' have merit in this case?
The measurement is in the performance of the two bullets. Does a HCL RNFPGC 158g bullet do any better of a job than a Hornady FP/HP/XTP 158g ?
I think the definitive answer could come from a 'Box O'Truth' type test with identical loads (Powder,bullet weight, primer) being shot into say wet phone books from say 25 yards. Anyone here have the time and resources to perform such a test?
What do think?