Homemade Hollowpoints?

[BruceV]

Looks like I've been drinking to much coffee! I sat down and took a look at the Fed. 180 gr. load and compaired drill sizes. Then I went out to where I'd been shooting this load at a worn out harrow blade. The pieces of jacket I found do not appear to be very thick... certainly not as heavy as the jacket of a .308 FMJ. From the remnants I found, the Fed. bullet appears to have a open base which probably does preclude opening the nose up into a HP.

Regarding accuracy, I had not thought about unbalancing the bullet by drilling it. Getting it to index for center would be beyond the equipment I have available. The truth is, the hogs in my area are not going to know the difference between a FMJ and a HP. If they drop at the first shot and then try to get up, I'll just give them another round. It's not the end of the world. Sincerely. BruceV.

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[John Kepler]

Regarding accuracy, I had not thought about unbalancing the bullet by drilling it. .

Bruce....have you ever calculated or even considered just how fast a bullet spins....even a pistol ball? It's in excess of 100,000 RPM...rifles can exceed 200,000 RPM! Little inaccuracies in things like concentricity can go a LONG way toward screwing things up!