150 grain Sierra Spitzer bullets

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150 grain Sierra Spitzer bullets

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I’m wondering why the overall length of an 150 grain Spitzer round is so much shorter than a 148 grain FMJ round?
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Just a guess, but the Sierra is a lead bullet. The surplus FMJ are usually steel core and would have to be longer to weigh the same.
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Re: 150 grain Sierra Spitzer bullets

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Here is what Kari taught me to use. And this guy knew just about everything about reloading. It's how I started with him showing me how.

Hogden H380 powder 50 grains
Sierra .311 DIA. 303 cal 150 GR. Spitzer

I don't use anything else. Kari told me every rifle shoot a different load. He used to reload rounds with as little a a few grains difference in each and fire them in the same rifle till he found what worked best.

For those of you that didn't know Kari, that's really too bad.

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dolk wrote:Here is what Kari taught me to use. And this guy knew just about everything about reloading. It's how I started with him showing me how.

Hogden H380 powder 50 grains
Sierra .311 DIA. 303 cal 150 GR. Spitzer

I don't use anything else. Kari told me every rifle shoot a different load. He used to reload rounds with as little a a few grains difference in each and fire them in the same rifle till he found what worked best.

For those of you that didn't know Kari, that's really too bad.

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