Thread: CMJ Restrike Projectiles in 223, 308

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings Jhon,
I have used some of the Frontier 155 grain projectiles in light target loads for my .308 which shot pretty well. I did sort them for base faults and culled about 15 out of 200 for fouling loads. I also tried some in my .303 two groove rifle and the deep rifling split the jackets and left a swirl of lead on the targets. This leads me to believe that they are pretty soft and may upset on impact but have not tested that. I would not be surprised if they came apart in a fast twist. I only shot them at around 1,900 fps with a light load of 32 grains of AR2206H. For me I wouldn't use them for anything other than goats and probably not even that. I don't have a shortage of .30 calibre projectiles.
Regards Grandpamac.

I've shot goats with the 55gn out of a 1:12 twist 22-250 @.around 2600fps. Behind shoulder hit just bowled them at around the 120m. The wound channels were generous and the bullet went through ribs on both sides with lots of internal hemorrhaging but not a lot of meat destruction. I didn't load many up and used most on the range then got a qty of 55gn Hdy SP which I have used since. I want to go back and do some serious testing of the Frontier. The little I have found on the internet suggest the copper coat is thick enough to sustain a faster twist if you don't max.the velocity out. The lead, as you say, seems soft enough, and has enough meplat area, to deform and expand on impact. I'm no expert unfortunately and experience beats lunchtime net surfing hands down. So first up I want to see how they do on the range out to 200 at various velocitiesx comparing 1:8.and 1:12 twists. If I can get accuracy and they hold together then I'll try them on goats and start documenting the wound kill results. If they prove marginal or unreliable then they will still punch paper and make steel sing.