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Concave Base Bullets.
Oct 24th, 2025 at 6:41pm
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Has anybody here experimented with concave base bullets?
I used to use R/F jackets and had a lot of trouble with the jackets folding in on themselves when trying to make lighter weight bullets even though cutting the jackets down to make either a lead tip or an open trip bullet. To get over this had the idea to do a concave base to get more lead up front.
Helped a lot but still not a hundred percent with the thin jackets that the 22 rim fire make.
No trouble at all using commercial Jackets.
Always going into a 1" group with my Martini rifles.
There is talk that using the thinner R/F jackets the bullets will come apart if the velocity is too high but never happened with mine.
Often wondered if the concave base was helping to sealing the bore as the bullet went down the barrel.
Never had a proper bench rest rifle and also wondered how they compared to a flat base bullet?
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Re: Concave Base Bullets.
Reply #1 - Oct 24th, 2025 at 11:42pm
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Several years ago I got wrapped up in making these, lots of 22 lr shells turned into 48, 50, 52, 55 and 60 grainer's.  I did use some turned teflon for noses that took my pills to 36 and 40 grain.  Experimented with a punch making both concave bases and a serious rebated boat-tail along with some powdered tungsten, lime, flour, etc. measured and dumped in before the lead, like you, to move the CG forward. Somewhere I have a book with pages of notes, some ideas worked, some failed. 
   
I shot more than a few prairie dogs with all kinds of combinations.  The "Ear Splittin Louden Boomer" I made for this activity, (22-284) pushed  these with enough snot I did see some come undone.  Coating the brass case internals with flux before swaging the cores in, then heating in an oven just over 600° help keep them together until impact.
Terminal performance with this thin jacket was generally spectaular at most velocities over 1200fps.
I made dies that I used 22 mag shells for extra long/heavies, used some very fast twist barrels and experienced some pressure issues.
Sorry I drifted a little, an answer for target accuracy?  I'd tried these in a few matches back then, maybe it was more the shooter than the bullet but when I tried them in a match it was always a struggle.
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