Speer Bullets thread

[Mike D Texas]

Gold Dots are highly underrated as a hunting bullet.


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[UPThunderbolt]

Absolutely, a good old cup and core bullet of traditional design is an absolute killer. Given the tendency to go for frangible bullets these days, I think you've chosen a good in between.

For what it is worth: I ran into an issue of inconsistency in the shape of the last box of .308 150 grain Speer hot core bullets I purchased. I don’t consider myself to be an advanced hand-loader, but I am fairly methodical. Among other steps, I measure the BTO on every round I produce.

With the last lot of bullets, I found my BTOs were all over the place. I could not figure out why. Eventually, I started examining individual bullets and, if you look closely, you can see they are not identical. I pulled all the bullets and put them back on the shelf. I switched to Bergers for my 30-06.

 

[Mauser]

I want to try a 375 boot tail. Anybody try thesm?

They seem to hit where you point them. Three shots, 50 yards (I was lazy).

 

[112Savage]

I’ve used gold dots 6.5mm and deep curl 6mm on deer. The deep curl seemed tougher and I caught most of them in the offside hide.

 

[Vern400]

I used 150/165 BTSP in my 308. Killed a lot of deer with them before swapping over to Sierra. They shoot good and work reliably. They were not quite as consistent as Sierra for bullet weight and that's why I switched. None of the deer I shot knew the difference. You do have to be careful not to push them too fast because they're not a hard bullet. At 2600 impact velocity they're fine.

 

[Formidilosus]

Anyone have thoughts on the spbt 130 out of 277 on elk? GRs model number 1458. Man they group good and have done great on whitetails.
Im working loads for my new tikka semi custom for elk and again, they outgroup the other imexpensive bullets- mainly hornady interlocks. Both shoot well enough.

They kill just fine.

 

[Balderdash]

I did some crop damage for a friend over maybe a 10 year span. Took quite a few with a 300 WM and cheap 180 Speer Hot Cores, which grouped very tight out to the 650 or so that I commonly shot them to. I figure total around 50 deer and an elk with that bullet. Also used the flat meplat 220grn .358's in a 35 rem and a 358 win. No problems and vast majority of animals were DRT. Had a few short tracking jobs with good blood trails.

Friend of mine has loaded the 225's in a 338 for 20+ years. A lot of moose and elk have fallen to that bullet for him.

For past 10 years or so have been loading higher BC bullets when available, but would have zero trouble loading and hunting with Speers again.

 

[Ganderzone]

If anyone knows where I can find some 6.5 impact 140s let me know.

 

[Mike D Texas]

If anyone knows where I can find some 6.5 impact 140s let me know.

How many are you looking for?


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[Ganderzone]

How many are you looking for?


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