Hornady does a have a line of bonded bullets called the interbond, I was able to get a box of 129gr in 264 a few years ago, though those are on the endangered species list currently.
https://www.hornady.com/bullets/interbond#!/
I don’t blame you…have a nephew that his dream job was to be a mechanic. After five years working for a local dealership he had enough, and left to be an electrician.
Regarding the original topic…other than increased production, I’d love to see a 130gr Ballistic Tip for the .264 family. It’s...
But someone promised all of those government goodies. 😏
Can't argue there...I got tired of the sixty-hour weeks because of that and took an eight-hour position in the same company that pays about the same without all of the physical exertion, more crunching numbers and making corrections to...
Something to keep in mind is that maybe they're struggling to get the raw materials needed.
I've been witnessing that with the injection molding industry. One resin that comes out of Cologne Germany, my employer has in upwards of 58000Kg currently on backorder. It was at 86000Kg, but we had...
Gordon's Reloading Tool is showing that both lines of data that Western list in their manual are well within the safe range for the 165gr SST.
Maybe someone with QuickLoad might chime in.
I'm using both Redding and Hornady. Have the Redding dies setup for Nosler's 130gr Accubond and the Hornady's setup up for the 129gr SST.
129gr SST
130gr Accubond
I ran in to a similar situation only with Nosler's "Fully Prepped, Ready to Reload" virgin brass for my .270 Winchester.
Was able chamber a round but couldn't lock the bolt. The rounds I had handloaded I had to run through a Redding body die and bump the shoulder back, the other 250pcs I had...