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Hornady .224 HPBT

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Nov 9, 2009
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I bought 400 horn. 75gr hpbt seconds from powder valley. I weighed all of them and came out with 53 that are the 68gr hpbt. I measured the overall length and they are almost the same size as the 75gr bullets. Oal was .985 while the average of the 75's were .990".

Does this sound right? I figured the 68's would be noticeably shorter than the 75's.

Only other thing I have to compare to is the 69gr smk which is quite a bit shorter than either of these hornady's.

Thx, Steve
 
Thx for the info. So because of the length, do I just use my load data for the 75gr or can I use my data for the 69gr smk and seat it as long as I seat the 75gr?

There is no data for the 68gr bullet on the imr/Hodgon site.