Posted By: langehaar
.224 70+grain bullets - 07/16/15 02:30 PM
Good day.
I was wanting opinions on heavier .224 caliber bullets.
I am looking at reloading my 5.6 vom hofe and due to the high velocity of this cartridge(2800 to 3300fps depending on load) the type of bullet must have a heavy jacket and cannot be lead free.... the guy that is offering to bump the .224 to .227 says the copper solid bullets are too tough to swage.
I have been looking on line for Norma .224 Oryx 70 grain bullets to use but they are quite hard to find.
Nosler makes a partitions in .224 but they are only 60 grain.
Hornady does make a .227 bullet but due to the high velocity they tend to come apart once leaving the muzzle.
Any information or bullet sources for 70 grain and higher weight besides the obvious such as Midway would be greatly appreciated!
thanks in advance!
I was wanting opinions on heavier .224 caliber bullets.
I am looking at reloading my 5.6 vom hofe and due to the high velocity of this cartridge(2800 to 3300fps depending on load) the type of bullet must have a heavy jacket and cannot be lead free.... the guy that is offering to bump the .224 to .227 says the copper solid bullets are too tough to swage.
I have been looking on line for Norma .224 Oryx 70 grain bullets to use but they are quite hard to find.
Nosler makes a partitions in .224 but they are only 60 grain.
Hornady does make a .227 bullet but due to the high velocity they tend to come apart once leaving the muzzle.
Any information or bullet sources for 70 grain and higher weight besides the obvious such as Midway would be greatly appreciated!
thanks in advance!