X-Treme Bullets

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Has any one tried X-Treme bullets in 357 mag?
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Have been shooting them in 125 gr and 158 gr 38 caliber, also in 44 mag, and 45 ACP for years. Great quality and excellent prices. :D
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44 mag wrote:Has any one tried X-Treme bullets in 357 mag?
I've tried their 125g and 158g 357 plated bullets and found them to shoot better than Berrys' and on par with Rainiers. I also use their 115g plated in 9mm reloads pretty much exclusively and their 150g FP plated for 30-30 plinking loads.

I found the key to accuracy with plated projectiles, regardless of brand, is to use minimum crimp (I use taper or Lee FCD) with just enough crimp to remove the neck flare. I noticed that any additional crimp results in flyers, sometimes pretty far out from the group.

Also, I only load plated in pistol calibers in the 1000-1300fps range, usually duplicating plain based lead projectile ballistics. I've had decent luck with the 30-30 rifle projectiles running just short of 1500fps (2MOA groups are typical).

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