trp Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Ok I've been shooting the sns 180 gr bullets and it seems that the profile of these bullets are a little different then others? I was useing the bear creeks with out any problems besides being dirty, I loved the bayous in 45 but haven't tried them in 40 Anybody know if any of the company's offering 180 gr with this bayou type coating with the bear creek bullet profile?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idcastandblast Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Check Leatherhead Bullets out of Nampa Idaho. Great quality stuff and the coating is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trp Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 What's the profile like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmbaccolyte Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) trp- What are you trying to accomplish? And what pistol and whose barrel are you using? Edited March 3, 2014 by jmbaccolyte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trp Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 Basically I want to keep my load the same, I'm shooting a Trojan and had the barrel reamed and the sns were working but yesterday I was having done troubles, when I was useing the bear creeks I was fine but there really dirty to work with and use My OAL 1.190 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthshine402 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I've been using Ibehijeads (ibejiheads.com) in .40 through a factory G35 barrel. I'm not sure how the bullet profile compares to other brands, but their coating is similar to Bayou's, and does not smell like burning electric parts when you shoot them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disxbxjun Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 BBI now uses the same coating as bayou's. They have 180's with TC profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trp Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 Anybody have a pic of these bullets in detail, it seems the shoulder is to talk on the sns where it was shorter on the bear creeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthshine402 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) see attached pics Edited March 3, 2014 by earthshine402 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcs Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 see attached pics If you look at the bullet profile (shoulder or ogive) you see the shoulder is quite pronounced (not rounded.) The distance from the flat point is shorter than the distance on other bullets. This is really not about one bullet maker, but seems to be the same accross all the coated 180 bullets. I'm guessing the molds are designed this way. If you look at the profile of a 180 Montana Gold, Zero, X-treme, Berry, or any copper bullet, the shoulder is rounded and allows you to load longer as they feed easier. The coated bullets are .401 and copper are .400. The pronounced shoulder and .401 requires loading really short. This does not apply to every barrel out there, but quite a few and may be the mags contribute by positioning the bullet also. I know--many folks will chime in and say, "I load them at 1.180- 1.200 and have no problem". I am pointing this out to the OP and folks who encounter this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmbaccolyte Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 lcs- Very interesting, the bullets I'm using look like your pictures and ran fine in my Tanfoglio with .40 magazines at SAAMI length, then I switched to 10mm mags and 1.23" O.A.L. cartridges and they have been flawless also, but I never tried any OALs in the middle of that range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trp Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 see attached pics Thanks that what the black bullets are as well according to the email I got I'm guessing the sns are the same, I think the bear creeks must be a rounder edge?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9X23Guy Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) Call Chandler at BBI, customer service and product are top notch. And yes, they are now using the Bayou Bullets coating. Edited March 8, 2014 by 9X23Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcc7x7 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Bayou's round nose 200 shoot great 180 TC's very accurate with wst or 4756 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See_Archie_Shoot Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Have you looked at www.thebluebullets.com? They can also size to .400 if requested? Both owners shoot 40 cal Trojans in single stack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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