Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Just my 2 cents but some times the bullets that you measure and fret over because the gun writers/internet/your barbers 2nd cousins best friends father say they shouldn't shoot- do. Other times what should shoot won't and other times by changing something the ones that won't will and the ones that did won't anymore. Some just plain won't shoot in one gun but seem made for another, and some that seem like great ideas fail miserably across every gun and with everything you try. That's part of the "art" of this game. I still hope to get the "30 Plinker" to shoot something other than washtub groups in at least one rifle one day!
FWIW I have a big ol' mess of St Elmers various SWC's and even more of Mr Thompsons and others designs, both PB and GC. I can't recall one that didn't shoot at least as well as factory if I messed with them enough. Logic says they shouldn't perform near as well as they do across a wide array of handguns and rifles, yet they do. Point is, ya gotta shoot 'em and see, simple as that.
FWIW I have a big ol' mess of St Elmers various SWC's and even more of Mr Thompsons and others designs, both PB and GC. I can't recall one that didn't shoot at least as well as factory if I messed with them enough. Logic says they shouldn't perform near as well as they do across a wide array of handguns and rifles, yet they do. Point is, ya gotta shoot 'em and see, simple as that.