Thread: Anybody know brinell hardness of swaged bullets.....
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Old 01-20-2018, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by fredj338 View Post
If someone wants to send me 3, happy to test them on my CT tester.
Old thread, I know, but I was wondering: Didja' ever get to test any of these swagged bullets Fred?

I did the search that turned up this thread because I'm wanting to try making up some "FBI loads" and I have picked up 2 different bullets to try.
I've got a box of 100 swagged 158gr Speer 4627 LSWC/HP
and an almost full box (95 each) of generic 158gr cast LSWC/HP
I'm guessing the Speer are around 8-10 BHN and the cast are around 15 BHN.
So I'm thinking I'll want to load the Speers at around 750 fps and the cast at around 900 fps.
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