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Originally Posted by BLUEDOT37
This article tested various bullet types & found that plated bullets generally are the slowest.
In the recent .45 Auto Rim +P article (Handloader #306), the 230gr Speer Gold Dot HP (plated) was slower, across the board, than the 230gr Hornady XTP (jacketed) using the same load in the same pistol.
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While the Speer line of Gold Dot Bonded projectiles do attach the jacket to the lead via a plating process, Gold Dots are hardly what hand loaders typically refer to as plated bullets.