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  • R81

    Active Member
    Jun 30, 2006
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    Does anyone load Berry's .45 acp 200 grain Target Hollow Point bullets? What seating depth do you use? They are about .1 inch shorter than my usual 230g round nose bullets. Thanks.
     

    Magnumite

    Ultimate Member
    Dec 17, 2007
    6,564
    Harford County, Maryland
    The COL is shorter because of the front of the bullet is flattened. The rest of the round nose FMJ bullet would be in front of the flattened sction of your hollow point. Assuming similar profile with the hollow point, the COL would be the FMJ COL minus the bullet length "lost" due to hollowing pointing the bullet.

    If you stand a factory (or well functioning reloaded) 230 FMJ round and your hollow point round next to each other then view from the side you should see the two profiles relatively parallel on the bullet ogive. If this is a truncated bullet then follow the COL guidelines for that bullet.
     

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