Plated .224 Bullets

are they cheaper than pulled bullets?

I loaded the 150 gr Berry's FN for my .30-30, and at normal velocities they were all over the place, indicating (I think) that they were spinning apart.

When down loaded, I had to raise my rear sight quite a bit to get them on paper...

I gave up and have loaded Jacketed bullets for the rifle ever since

Plated rifle bullets generally need to stay below 2000fps or so. At that velocity the charge you'll be using isn't likely to cycle an AR action. I think the plated .224 bullets are generally meant to be used in bolt guns. Something like .311 plated bullets can normally be used in an SKS since those rounds typically don't get over 2200-2300fps anyways and a lighter load will most likely still cycle the action.

There are several plated rifle bullets that are rated for high velocities.

Federal Fusions
Speer Gold Dots
Speer Deep Curl

It isn't so much the fact that they are plated that determines whether they are good for rifle velocities, but how thickly they are plated that makes a difference. Without knowing how thick the frontier bullets are, I can't say one way or the other. But my guess is that they are not plated very thick and may or may not work. I will look into it.

I believe those are all examples of fluxed core bullets. There's a bit of a difference. And I'd have to check prices but just guessing I would say those three are going to cost a good bit more than normal plated bullets.

KansasSasquatch said:

And I'd have to check prices but just guessing I would say those three are going to cost a good bit more than normal plated bullets.

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I don't know about the Fusions, but the Gold Dots and Deep Curls I use are more expensive than most quality jacketed bullets. I use them because they are accurate and effective, but they are not range bullets nor are they cheap.

I believe those are all examples of fluxed core bullets.

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They are all plated.

Fluxed core is a term used to indicate a bonded core conventional jacketed bullet.

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