Our bullets' monolithic construction eliminates inherent problems with jacketed lead core bullets.
A few of the main reasons our bullets are superior to others on the market are:
1. Swaged bullets may have varying jacket thickness, resulting in gyroscopic instability. Some match shooters invest time and resources into measuring this thickness to find a consistent jacket thickness group. Our bullets eliminate this problem because they are precisely machined, making each shell identical and accurate on its axis.
2. Concentricity between the bullet body and the boat tail is much more challenging to maintain with swaged bullets versus our bullets, with everything being machined perfectly true.
3. Swaged bullets can also have the problem of jacket separation with some jacketed match bullets. There have been cases, especially if someone tries to shoot a swaged bullet too fast, where they separate mid-flight and disintegrate before reaching the target. Also, chances are that if you have killed enough game, you have come across a jacket in the animal without lead. Once separation occurs, nothing can protect the information, and it can pulverise into tiny pieces.
4. Meplat diameters are inconsistent and ragged on Swaged hollow point bullets. Our Meplat, or nose tip diameters, are always the same perfectly round shape and flat on end with a shell overall length precisely maintained. The hollow point is inspected to ensure it is precisely on the centerline of the shot every time.
5. Our bullets are produced from an environmentally friendly 99.5% pure copper alloy that does not contaminate the environment or the meat you eat.
6. Our solid copper bullets up to and including .375 calibre are consistent every time, within .40 grains in maximum weight deviation. Shots over .375 calibre are maintained within .8 grains maximum weight deviation. All our bullets are concentric within .0001" and within .00015" diameter.
Think Fast
Solid copper bullets require a different way of thinking than jacketed lead core bullets. Since copper is lighter and less dense than lead, making very heavy bullets without making them exceptionally long is not practical. Very long shots require a much faster twist barrel to stabilise them, which is not standard on factory rifles, and become unstable quickly. Thus, lighter bullets need "thinking faster" instead of heavier ones. A more golden bullet with a high ballistic coefficient shot at faster speeds has less drop at all ranges than heavy-jacketed bullets. Energy is slightly less, and wind drift is virtually the same. (See copper vs. lead examples on the right). These graphs compare our MTH D64 and MTH D69 bullets to a competitor's 300-grain bullets.
Most lighter bullets suffer from low ballistic coefficients. Therefore, they are not an excellent alternative to heavier bullets as heavier lead core bullets tend to have a higher ballistic coefficient due to their greater density. Our bullets are engineered to obtain maximum BC without becoming unpredictable, making them easy to tune. Also, just because a shot has a high BC doesn't necessarily mean it is more accurate. Our bullets are designed with accuracy being of utmost importance. They are highly accurate, but their terminal performance is second to none, especially at long range. Once you shoot them, you will realise the advantage of turning to solid copper bullets on a Swiss-style lathe with our exclusive SealTite Band feature.