Originally Posted By: Ricky Bobby
2870 fps is still much slower than Fireball speeds ... right? Isn't it a case of them not having the jackets to make them with or is this not the case?
That's less than Hornet speed. Berger has the jackets, they make them. They just are making other things right now, most likely .223 and .308, the most sought after and profitable. They are also being dicks about selling jackets to the small custom bullet makers, only wanting to sell 100,000 jackets at a time. Too expensive for the little guy to invest that much at a time in jackets. Maybe after the hoarding ends... In the mean time, a few of us have been getting Hornady to respond positively about offering more bullet choices. Being they are the ones who offered the new Hornet round, they might lead the way in more offerings. I'd like to see them sell the XTP's to reloaders, it's a bear pulling HMR bullets just to reload them and a waste of powder and brass. I'm starting to think a controlled expansion bullet might be the ticket for fur. Penetration and less chance of blow ups. You might get an exit but it will be 22 size or so and no splash on a rib or shoulder blade. In fact, I'll bet I could shoot a fox in the shoulder socket with one of my copper hollow points and it wouldn't blow up, and would surely kill the animal cleanly.