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Everyone on this forum will say No! I used them for years in my rifles, never an issue.

 

The only problem I had with the 150gr pointy boolits was they grouped like buckshot from my 336:hmmmm: I dunno, my 336 just didn't like them....

 

Well you can shoot anything in it as long as you only have 2 in it at a time. 1 in the chamber and 1 in the mag tube. You dont need pointy bullets anyway, freighttrains are not pointy and did you ever see what they do to a deer when they hit one?

 

Is that another endorsement for wide meplats?

Jeff

 

Brand/SKU?

 

Only ones I know of are the Remington 150 grain pointed soft points.

 

Are they more 'pointed' than these Federals?

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Either way, I do not think that Rem or Fed lawyers are loosing sleep over their use in tube mags...

 

Remington made a pump action 35 rem probably is what they was intended for. I would only load two, one in chamber and one in the tube. Its not worth the chance blowing your gun up or possibly your hand.

 

I sure would like to see documentation of a tubular magazine blow up with MODERN cartridges loaded with pointed soft points.

 

It has been demonstrated a number of times that a soft lead tip bullet will not ignite the next in a mag tube. It is just a myth, but many shooters would rather believe a myth than admit they are wrong even when shown the truth. When intentionally ignited in a tube by a striker nothing happens, it doesn't rupture the tube and certainly would not blow up a gun. Cartridges do not explode like in the movies, the case just ruptures releasing the gas, leaving a little soot, and a split case. Excitement over.

As Galaxieman said, you don't need pointed bullets in a lever gun, anyway. The round nose and flat points are better killers at lever gun velocities. And the sharp pointed shape doesn't help much until ranges exceed 300 or more yards. Everyone "knows" that a lever gun will not kill game at ranges beyond 100 yards so it's a moot point.

 

remingtons model 8 and 81 were also good candidates for these cartridges.

 

I also read somewhere that the Remingtopn 150gr .35Rem ammo was made for the TC Contender....

 

Would recoil deform the pointy nose enough to effect the accuracy of the second or third shot?

 

Hi tamu74,

Yes, soft pointed bullets get deformed in the magazine. Does it effect accuracy? It may, but I could never see evidence that accuracy was degraded, but it's reasonable to think that it may have some effect.

As I said, I have discontinued use of the pointed bullets in lever guns because I now shoot cast bullets exclusively (in the lever guns).

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tamu74, Yes, but only ever so slightly. The same occurs in box and clip magazine fed repeating rifles. There in lies the reasoning for plastic tipped spitzers. jack

 

I'd use them.............I have used them............150's are NOT my 1st choice for a bullet, but I think the're completely safe.
IMO, a good part of that "Warning" is a disclaimer, anyway.........

Tom

 

Another mag. article in Handloader or Rifle mags. had the nose deformed on purpose to see if it affected accuracy. Lead tips were cut off, flattened, and bent to the side. Very little effect on accuracy with the nose of the bullet being deformed. However, when the bases of the bullets were deformed, it was a major effect on accuracy. DP

 

these were as pointy as hornadys..i went to a range that had a load one round only policy, so it wasnt an issue..