Jacketed, for several reasons:

-Currently I use only the 125gr. screamers, and know that they won't lead the bore at 1500+ fps.

-I am about as cheap as the next guy, but I am "cheap" also with my time. This rules out casting and experimentation for me.

-I currently shoot less than a thousand rounds a year, making the extra expense of jacketed bullets affordable. I get a good deal from Zero on good bullets(last order they were 7.9 cents each).

-I dislike cleaning guns, and all the testimony I've heard here tells me that lead bullets, with their lube and all, leave more of a mess. Obviously many fellows are OK with that; I can do without it. If the other factors listed above change, I'll deal with this one.


Everyone does what suits his own situation. If I had more time for loading, experimentation, shot many thousands of rounds a year, and what not, I might join the other posters. Not until then.

Andy