Let's talk TRANSONIC!

[Distant Thunder]

I'll be the first to say I am not any kind of an expert on this subject. Everything I say is just based on my own experience and the development work I've done over the past 10 years with paper patch bullets for long range matches. What I have been using is just something I stumbled into by applying things I've read about projectiles in the transonic range and what is supposed to work best.

I am fortunate in that I have a few machines and that has allowed me to make my own bullet molds, some of which actually work.

The bullet design that has worked best for me over the past 10 years and the one I keep returning to is an elliptical profile that is capped with a approximately 30% of caliber radius. The overall length is 1.440", which has worked very well in my 18-twist .45 caliber rifles. The nose is .765" long leaving the shank at .675".

I pretty sure every long range match I have won with the exception of two, in which I shot grease groove bullets before switching to paper patch, was with this one design. Other designs I tried shot well for me, but I can't remember winning a match with any them. This one works!

So I don't know that it is THE bullet design for transonic shooting, but it's a darn good one.