Snowgun wrote:Dave-HuldraArms wrote: Im not sure how the Fleet Farm Full Metal Jacket suggestion will go but I will pitch it to the bosses!
Go to the Brian Enos forums ... Everyone is looking at how to shave a penny off of bullets...
Ya'll hafta forgive my friend ... he's a little slow.
FMJ is fine fer .355 ... JHP, fer the same price, is better.
Fer .40+, plated was the correct answer ... plated!
Other guys ... probly ones who don't shoot 10,000rd+ per year ... will insist .40+ "jacketed" is somehow "better". I've shot plated in a bullseye league last winter ... and won all (open-sight)) categories, regardless of caliber (.22 not withstanding). I shot plated last summer in USPSA ... I moved up a class ... and almost beat my mentor (he took 1st
). Anyone who says .40+ "jacketed" is "better" is parroting interlinks BS. 
Once the bullets are in the berm, who cares if they were jacketed 'er plated?
Fer .355, jacketed is better as they're most common in "comp'd" guns (which'd otherwise preclude the use of plated bullets). If ya could offer both plated and jacketed .355, that would be great! If ya stuck to only one 'er two weights per caliber, ya'd have less stuff settin' on the shelves ... and/or more room (yer gonna need it) to stock the good stuff. I'd say 185gr - 200gr .45 ... 165gr - 180gr .40 ... and I'd do 124gr 9mm ... both plated and jacketed ... jacketed, it'd be a bit easier to make "major" ... and plated s/b otherwise cheaper than 115gr FMJ, anyhow.
JHP is better as the base of the bullet is then "covered" ... less "bad stuff" vaporized, and breathed in.
On that note, don't forget cast ... SASS is the most popular pistol shooting sport in the world ... I'd say 200gr RNFP .45 and 158gr RNBB (SAECO #391 ... horrible pic, following) ... I realize some guys prefer extremely lightweight (fer caliber) bullets, but these often leave far too much room in the case for what little powder goes in ... not a good combination ... fer any reason! ...
