Posted By: johnwilliams
Substituting jacketed bullets for lead bullets/NOT - 08/03/2010 4:04 PM
In one of the posts, one shooter substituted a jacketed bullet in place of a lead bullet not realizing this could be dangerous.When I first got into reloading(1984) I read everything I could.The Lyman #46 manual was my first reloading manual and with the info .in it and info. from my friend who owns the local gunshop, this is where I came across the info. concerning substituting jacketed bullets in place of cast/that you should never do this, unless the manual/techs have tested it to be at safe pressures.Anyway the reason for writing this post is that unless a reloader/especially a new reloader/reads their manuals from front to back, that this info. concerning jacketed/lead bullets substitution, can be overlooked and trouble could result from lack of this info.In the new Speer #14 manual,this info. is on page #736-and it says YOU MUST NEVER SUBSTITUTE A JACKETED BULLET WITH DATA DEVELOPED FOR LEAD BULLETS.THE INCREASED FRICTION CAN SPIKE PRESSURES OR STICK A BULLET IN THE BORE!!I am writing this so that/hopefully no one will end up having an accident and evidently some reloaders are not avid readers -meaning ,they don't read the whole manual to gain important info. like this subject/I think the editors of these reloading manuals should give more of a warning through out the manuals rather than just two sentences/like the new speer does.Hopefully this info. will keep new shooters/reloaders safe-johnw.