Reeder Custom Guns - We were in the gunstore discussing the .25 ACP

WB
We were in the gunstore discussing the .25 ACP
Friday, December 25, 2020, 08:44

the little cartridge has a most enduring quality of typical utter unflappable reliability. The most powerful quality is having it available when needed and the trait MOST folks used to have of NOT wanting to be shot, period. But people are crazy these days.

Ballistically it is about like stabbing someone with an ice pick. No one wants that either, but as a wound it would likely not be immediately telling. Not may first choice of defense, an ice pick, but better than my well bitten fingernails. Deadly, certainly, effective, that gets complicated.

Those pointy cast bullets should greatly improve trajectory, by comparison, as they probably slow down less with range (ballistic coefficient), and may very well tumble on impacting bones and such to exit sideways with a 1" wake. I bet it makes a most formidable looking .45-70 round!

Also as to accuracy I'd think you'd want to seat them wayyyyyy out, just off the lands to minimize the upset before getting there. The blunt projectile is almost in the engagement zone even seated shorter. That's one of the main efforts I am pursuing on the heel bulleted Martini shooting. We'll see if I did my homework or not.

I bought (500) of those Cadet .324" RN bullets. They are softer lead but I have plans to file a flat nose on some for ballistic testing like Gary's "Flattop Tool" to enhance the effectiveness. As to my .32-20 Sixgun shooting I'm sorely tempted to order another (500) of the .314 HBWC to solve a bunch of issues right off the bat. I think the .32-20 so loaded would even bump up to fill the Martini's barrel void.

45-70 cast bullets - stonecold, 2020-12-25, 05:47
- My BIL Pat is a - Mark Conner, 2020-12-25, 12:31
  - Should be BPCR silhouette (nm) - Mark Conner, 2020-12-25, 20:08
    - Creedmoor, boy I'm good today. (nm) - Mark Conner, 2020-12-25, 20:14
- Honestly I'd not want to shoot game with the pointed - WB, 2020-12-25, 08:02
  - 45-70 bullets - stonecold, 2020-12-25, 08:53
    - I figured you knew but fun topic. (nm) - WB, 2020-12-25, 10:41
      - 9mm roundnose zip right through jackrabbits - steve todd, 2020-12-25, 10:51
        38 Specials with RN have the same issues. (nm) - Jim Taylor, 2020-12-25, 12:30
  - I've gone to Flat Nose Bullets on defense too... - Huey, 2020-12-25, 08:08
    - We were in the gunstore discussing the .25 ACP - WB, 2020-12-25, 08:44
      - I carry my LCP 380 with the fluted bullets... - Huey, 2020-12-25, 08:50
        When things level out I'll get some - WB, 2020-12-25, 10:33
  - WB IS RIGHT ON! (nm) - JT, 2020-12-25, 08:04