Range Report Trim vs point meplat

[Brent Thornton]

Guys
I looking to learn. For consistency is better to trim or pint the me plat on VLD's. Thanks guys in advance for your comments.
Brent

 

[Brent Thornton]

I meant point not pint. I love a pint though!

 

[thrusty]

I don't worry about it... Each method will have its own advantages/disadvantages though.
Good place to start: Review of Montour Meplat Trimmer
Pointing: http://www.6mmbr.com/bulletpointer.html

 

[gstaylorg]

Trim first to make meplats uniform, then point to increase BC. Trimming alone will decrease BC 2-3% as the meplat becomes larger. Pointing will then increase BC by 3-5%, so you end up 2-3 percentage points higher than doing nothing at all. How much any of that helps depends a lot on how uniform the bullets were to start with. The better and more consistent the lot, the less improvement you should expect to see.

 

[Huckleberry75]

It also depends upon how far you plan to shoot with said bullets. If you are out to only 3-400, you will see minimal gains at best, and it's not really worth the hassle. On out to further distances, you will start to notice a difference.

 

[azsugarbear]

I think the jury is still out on this. Some Benchrest shooters swear by it while others say they see no improvement at all. The primary reason for meplat trimming is consistency. In theory, it should close up groups. Both target shooters and hunter do it for better groups. The targets shooters will point after trimming to increase BC, while most hunters leave the meplat trimmed but open to help begin the process of expansion at slower velocities (longer distances). With some bullets it helps, while with other bullets there does not seem to be an improved expansion. Some are now trimming, then annealing the bullet tip. That seems to be the ticket for expansion at sub 1,800 velocities.