300WSM
Handloader
- Dec 24, 2011
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I wanted to offer up some opinions on this...
Combined Technologies might be thought of as a marketing tactic by some but I can assure you it does offer a positive. I shot thousands of B/T bullets for years and when these hit I gave them a whirl...
One thing is for certain. The lubalox (black coating)does help in the cleaning. Might not be quite as the company sells as they state more shots between cleaning....but I can attest 110% that it does make cleaning significantly easier. Could you eek out a few more shots? Possibly but regardless when the time comes you feel the need to clean, it is so much easier getting the bbl back to a shine.
I've seen it net a few more FPS but not enough to get better trajectory. A few meaning 5-12 fps...again nothing to change your zero on your set up.
I offer this up to anyone who has wondered if paying a little more for the CT version of ballistic tip is worth it. To me it is worth it and I've used CT for personal loadings for years now and I advise the folks I load for who prefer to shoot ballistic tip bullets to shoot these because of the above mentioned reason.
Combined Technologies might be thought of as a marketing tactic by some but I can assure you it does offer a positive. I shot thousands of B/T bullets for years and when these hit I gave them a whirl...
One thing is for certain. The lubalox (black coating)does help in the cleaning. Might not be quite as the company sells as they state more shots between cleaning....but I can attest 110% that it does make cleaning significantly easier. Could you eek out a few more shots? Possibly but regardless when the time comes you feel the need to clean, it is so much easier getting the bbl back to a shine.
I've seen it net a few more FPS but not enough to get better trajectory. A few meaning 5-12 fps...again nothing to change your zero on your set up.
I offer this up to anyone who has wondered if paying a little more for the CT version of ballistic tip is worth it. To me it is worth it and I've used CT for personal loadings for years now and I advise the folks I load for who prefer to shoot ballistic tip bullets to shoot these because of the above mentioned reason.
