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Finally made time to test those rounds and they worked perfectly so now loaded the rest of the 250 sample pack and off to the range tomorrow. Does anyone know if Zero Mike's are any different to the silver rapids?


The biggest difference is the shape of the bullet. The ogive of the Zero Mike is a bit bigger than Silver Rapids and Bullet Corp. I had to drop my COL to 27.8mm with Zero Mike to account for the ogive.

Other than that most of the coated bullets available here works the same.

They make holes in paper...]]> Cast Bullet Coatings DuaneWessels https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1760 https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1759 Sat, 08 Oct 2022 23:04:40 +0000
3gr variation on 130gr isn't a terrifying range. I don't think that differences like that would be detectable inside of shot to shot velocity variation.


There is always a variation in bullet weight from cast bullets, and also the Frontier CMJ.

I loaded 245gr .430 CMJ's this week, variation was as high as 10 grains. They all shot the same.]]> Cast Bullet Coatings 414gates https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1759 https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1758 Sat, 08 Oct 2022 13:19:20 +0000 Cast Bullet Coatings ARK https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1758 https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1662 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 23:41:34 +0000 Cast Bullet Coatings ARK https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1662 https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1661 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:05:30 +0000
3gr variation on 130gr isn't a terrifying range. I don't think that differences like that would be detectable inside of shot to shot velocity variation.


After reading this, I weighed some of my 147gr Silver Rapids and some weighed in at 150gr.. Just glad to read it's not that much of a concern.]]> Cast Bullet Coatings Brian43x https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1661 https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1649 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 23:45:59 +0000 Cast Bullet Coatings oafpatroll https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1649 https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1643 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:51:19 +0000
Most cast bullets are like that. Has not changed or influenced anything for me. You should be safe to go.

I see CFE has a few options for 124gr/125gr and 3.8 is below each one's starting load.

https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/hodgdon/hodgdon-cfe-pistol



Yeah the reloading data suggested a heavier load but I started so light cos of my previous 147gr set up and worked it up from there which was kinda stupid and costed me some rounds]]> Cast Bullet Coatings ARK https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1643 https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1642 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 23:04:02 +0000
I see CFE has a few options for 124gr/125gr and 3.8 is below each one's starting load.

https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/hodgdon/hodgdon-cfe-pistol
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You need to redo your load development.
The Silver Rapids might be quicker than CMJ's with the same load.

I have not loaded CMJ's in a few years but do recall that I got more speed from a coated bullet compared to the same loaded cmj.


^This. I needed to reduce my MS 200 powder charge by 10% to maintain the same velocity I had with Frontier CMJ when moving over to my cast and powder coated bullets of nearly the same weight. Win win, cheap bullets and more shots per tin.]]> Cast Bullet Coatings oafpatroll https://systemz.online/cast-bullet-coatings/polymer-coated-bullets/paged/2#post-1621