wwillson Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Does anyone shoot the Rainier copper plated bullets? I am curious how well they load and if they eliminate lead fouling? I have read that it's not hard to tear the copper plating layer from the bullet while seating in the brass. I shoot cast WW bullets almost exclusively in my .45's and quite frankly am getting a bit tired of the lead fouling.Thanks,Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkie_Lefty Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Have shot thousands over the years. Excellent moderate velocity plinkers. Tearing plating is possible if case mouth's aren't belled a bit. Plating can also "crack" if too much crimp is used. A bit of experimentation with bell and crimp, and they're great bullets.I like them for near max loads in 44mag blaster ammo.Reasonably accurate and NO LEADING!Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwillson Posted November 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Reasonably accurate and NO LEADING!Bob The no leading is music to my ears. I'm going to try hardening the WW lead bullets, but if that doesn't work, then I'm done with WW bullets.Thanks,Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLH70 Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Might also look into Winchester bullets for plinking, I use those quite a bit and they are very good economical bullets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSharp Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 I bought a few thousand Rainiers in assorted calibers last spring. I've shot over 1000 of them now and I'm very happy with them. They're accurate enough and no leading. I've had no jacket issues and have run them as fast as 1100 FPS.The loading data for them is a little sparse but I've found that using starting data for a similar jacketed bullet gives a reasonable starting place.After using them, I'll never buy another lead bullet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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