Dogtown 55 gr bullets

[Rundownfid]

I had an idea, and it doesn't seem to be working all that well. My thought was that by getting some 55 gr Dogtown bullets, I'd have a higher quality bullet that would still be usable when running a bunch of 55 gr FMJs on the Dillon. These were not expected to be really great target or Varmint loads.

My idea was that the Dogtown hollow points would give me an edge at longer shots in 3-gun matches, but still be able to be mass produced with the FMJs. Unfortunately, my results are underwhelming with 748. Has anyone used these bullets, any suggestions for a propellant charge that will be OK with the FMJs and reasonably accurate out to about 400 yds with the Dogtowns?

 

[Hunt]

Re: Dogtown 55 gr bullets

24.6 gr. Benchmark with Win brass and a CCI 400. Yields low SDs for me and AV of 3K fps.

 

[TaterInTheSouth]

Re: Dogtown 55 gr bullets

Underwhelming How?....are you using the same crimp? If so, I would back off.

 

[TaterInTheSouth]

Re: Dogtown 55 gr bullets

Sorry, I am assuming a lot, For general plinking, I load on a 650 and pump out using 55s with
a good crimp at the canilure. I cant simply grab at random the 55 dogtown with out resetting
my crimp. BUT, I am quite pleased with 24.5 grains of 748 using LC brass and the 55 Dogtown.

 

[Rundownfid]

Re: Dogtown 55 gr bullets

Thank you for the suggestion, I'll back of the crimp and if that doesn't work try Benchmark. Glad to hear thee is hope with 748 as I have a lot of it.

 

[Sidewinder]

Re: Dogtown 55 gr bullets

I use H335 and varget with Dogtown 55 bullets with great success. Although my favorite bullet is the V max.