Bullet Shape Question

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The round nose may be slightly more accurate since they are self centerimg to the bore when fired, the semi cuts a cleaner hole and is a better game(as in hunting) bullet . The most accurate cast bullet I have shot is the truncated cone with your RN close behind it. The semi is a very good bullet which seems to work better for me the harder I push it while a FULL waddcutter works very well at low velocity.
 
I have shot LSWC almost exclusively in my target revolvers for quite a few years now. How much more accurate do you need than one inch groups at 25 yards?

The ONLY reason that I would ever use a LRN is for quick reloads, period. If I had a completely stock firearm, an older one to be exact, and I wanted to use it in competition without chamfering the chambers, I would use the round nose configuration.

The only other reason I can think of is for the sake of nostalgia. Some folks get all hung up on making bullets like were available at the time the firearm was purchased.

Other than those two reasons, there isn't one for the LRN.
Oh, I suppose if you were shooting to 200 yards with your firearm the BC would come into play.

As far as the LSWC goes, it is much more practical in defensive loads, hunting loads, and target loads.
 
To tell the truth, different guns, even of the same make and model, sometimes prefer one bullet over another for accuracy.

I find that the quality of the bullet matters more than the style. The major makers' (Speer, Hornady, Remington, et al) swaged bullets tend to be much more accurate than the average machine-cast bullets from the smaller makers.

Given equal quality of bullets, one needs a machine rest to determine which bullet is more accurate, if the weight is appropriate for the gun's rifling twist rate. You won't be able to tell, say, a 158 grain round nose from a 158 grain SWC shooting it hand-held.
 
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