Nickel pointed projectiles
I enjoy using both my BSA (1908) and Lithgow (1915) rifles to shoot targets. I refuse to use military ammo in my rifles, so I enjoy pulling the 174gn military projectiles out of old loaded military ammo and reloading these bullets into commercial cases. I have acquired a few Nickel jacketed pointed (not round nose) 174grain bullets which I am not familiar with. Their shape is exactly the same as the conventional military ammo except for the crimping groove which is substantially lower to the base of the projectile.
I would like to load these projectiles however I have concerns as to how I will remove the nickel fouling from the bores of my rifles after I have fired them. With copper jacketed bullets I use an ammonium based bore cleaner (Sweets 7.62 ). Can anyone advise how to remove the nickel from the bores? or whether I am best not to use them as the bores in both my rifles are in perfect condition.