Mat Price Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I have 3 3/16 holes in my trubor bbl and my bbl is notoriously slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disxbxjun Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Any of you guys have popple holes?? Or anyone test 115's?? I'm curious if the same results will occur with the lighter bullet/higher velocity & popple holes. I got those PF's with my 9 major Akai Katana that has 6 small barrel holes. I did load the 125gr BBI bullets with 7.2gr Autocomp and was getting 178PF with still no smoke. I would suspect even with the 115's you will achieve the velocity you want at a lower charge than when using the same bullet weight of jacketed or plated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter995 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Donnie from Bayou Bullets sent me some 115's in a new coating, it's kind of copper colored (not gold thought). I pushed them well over 1500FPS. They are very accurate, but I did get some buildup in the comp. Not sure if it was lead, or the coating. Anyone willing to post pics of their comp?? Also has anyone used the new BBI bullet?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Price Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 It's coating. I run the gold bullets to. Wiped right out after a few min in a50/50 vinegar peroxide mix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimInFL Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) Resurrecting this older topic. Hoping for more opinions and experiences now that we've had more opportunity to play. Well I've been experimenting with the 124 BBIs in my open gun using WAC, A#7, HS-6. Some general observations, as compared to MG/Zero 124/125... Given the same charge weights, these bullets produce much faster velocities. For example A#7 @ 9 gr (BBI), is faster than 9.8 gr with MG. I clean my gun every match, but I really don't think I'm seeing any lead build up anywhere in the gun that's drastically, or even noticeably to me, different. They smoke. Bottom line - The jury is still out. I REALLY WANT to love these things - they open a lot of options for loading. I just don't know if I can get past the smoke. If you post and say "I don't get much smoke", then I stand in envy. JimInFL Edited June 14, 2014 by JimInFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishii Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Ive been doing the same thing I got sample packs from BBI and blue bullet co. They both use less powder than jacketed, in my case 3/10 of a grain of ramshot sil. The BBI are slightly faster than the blue bullets with the same load The blue bullets are easier to load because the bottom of the bullet is slightly rounded, the BBI has a corner I didn't notice much smoke with the Blue bullet, I did with the BBI I saw no leading in the barrel, but I am getting lead buildup in the comp, about the same as shooting open base fmj they group about the same The black BBI's look taci-cool The blue bullets look gamey I'm trying the extreme heavy plate next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Price Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I shoot bbi 124s exclusively in my open guns now. No build up. Very little smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcqueen Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I have used cast and Bayou coated. The cast dirtied the comp which was pretty easy to keep clean but I thought fogging up the glass on the c-more was a problem. Have found little difference shooting coated Bayou and jacketed, no comp build up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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