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175gr PULLS: Jacket deformation question

Boomholzer

Sergeant
Full Member
Minuteman
Jul 8, 2002
632
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Midwest
How bad is too bad dent/deformation wise? Times are tough.
I can't imaging it being a real issue but wanted to get a consensus. Chambered barrels are not cheap or its a waste of my time to make poor performing ammo.

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I have some with about the same pull marks! (Probably from the same dude!) and they suck in my 700! They don't fly straight and basically a waste of money because I can't make corrections to make good hits! Erratic trajectory not repeatable. I have 900 that I'm gonna use as blasting ammo for 100 yd loads because at that distance they'll hold 1-2 moa but beyond that is a toss up. I've shot them out to 1k (tried anyway) as soon as I went back to good bullets I was back on target.
 
I have some with about the same pull marks! (Probably from the same dude!) and they suck in my 700! They don't fly straight and basically a waste of money because I can't make corrections to make good hits! Erratic trajectory not repeatable. I have 900 that I'm gonna use as blasting ammo for 100 yd loads because at that distance they'll hold 1-2 moa but beyond that is a toss up. I've shot them out to 1k (tried anyway) as soon as I went back to good bullets I was back on target.

I was there, I can vouch for the erratic trajectory at distance. Some weird trace.....