Which .224 bullet in 52gr. has the longest bearing surface?

leanporker · Rookie Member Joined: Sep 25, 2005 Posts: 12

I was wondering if any of you bench guys would happen to know which particular .224 52 grain bullet has the longest bearing surface. I have some speer HP (1035) that seem pretty long. Does anyone know of any longer. I'm only interested in 52 grainers.

Elvis

I use those speers they are great. I would hazard a guess that a copper barns bullet would win that title as it should be larger in overall size. If you compare a norma projectile with the likes of a pmc projectile you would swear the pmc was much heavier as they are much bigger I believe this is because they are less dence.

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

Something in a flat base I guess. I dont know of any sites that list the bearing side of their bullets.

Elvis has a good guess with the Barnes, copper is lighter so they would be longer, but they usually are boat tails which reduces bearing surface.

-DallanC

Aloysius

Yep, Barnes or GS-systems.
And when you want it extremely long: let someone with a CNC-lathe produce some 52 grainers in aluminium...

The question: why do fix that weight on 52 grs? When you want much bearing surface then I expect your barrel has a very fast twist (which it makes it OK for heavier bullets…)

Vince

I take it that you are a bench rest target shooter from your comment leanporker?

I think both a Elvis and Aloys have covered it mate. The lighter and less dense the material used to make the bullet, the longer they have to make it for a chosen bullet weight.

I’m with Aloys...why settle on a 52gr bullet? There are plenty of good accurate offerings out there...starting at 34gr (Dogtown) and on upwards to a whopping 90gr offering from Sierra.

slimjim

Vince wrote:

... and on upwards to a whopping 90gr offering from Sierra.

I'm shooting the 95gr SMK from Sierra in my 1:6.5 twist 224 Valkyrie (needles)

slimjim

Hornady has a 55gr GMX that will likely have the longest shank of any .224 caliber bullet in that weight range. A great hunting bullet but probably not your objective.

English Mike

Holy thread revival Batman!

Coming up 12 years... Very Happy

slimjim

LOL, looks like someone was bored and looking (digging) for something to do.

Way to go Dallan!

Dawgdad

slimjim wrote:

Vince wrote:

... and on upwards to a whopping 90gr offering from Sierra.

I'm shooting the 95gr SMK from Sierra in my 1:6.5 twist 224 Valkyrie (needles)

Slim - how are you liking the Valkyrie? What loads are you finding work in your 6.5 twist? I have a Kreiger barrel 224 Valk and have been shooting 88ELD Match, Berger 85.5’s and the SMK 90’s. I have found RE-17 gives decent results but the velocity is not what I have been expecting.

I shot in a match where we shot 200-300-600-1000 yards. I used the Hornady75 BTHP Black at 200-300 and the ELD at 600 and 1000. Shot well enough to win. Before all of this virus madness I was planning on shooting a lot more at 1000 with it. On hold until the matches start up again

Maybe i should have started another thread instead of tacking onto this old one lol

Aloysius

Well, I didn't notice that this thread was even older than when I becam a nut...

but who dares to argue with The Boss???

I once read a sign saying:

1. The boss is always right
2. when the bos is wrong...
immediatly go to point 1.!

slimjim

Dawgdad, I did start a dedicated thread.

www.huntingnut.com/ind...520#163520