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Old 02-27-2017, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Ivan the Butcher View Post
Don't confuse the cartridge bullet diameter with the rifle bore and lands diameter. Many cartridges are made a little large, so they perform well in older or worn out firearms.


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I wasn't confused about anything. I was talking about bullets, the original post was about bullets and ALK's post I quoted was for the most part about bullets...

Yeah it's possible to size lead down, but honestly anything above a .006 reduction requires LOTS of force and distorts the bullet quite a bit. All that displaced lead has to go somewhere and the resulting bullets don't look like something I'd want to shoot.

With a jacketed bullet I wouldn't hesitate to try a .001 reduction. Assuming there was a valid reason for doing so. It might work it might not...
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