Weighing Bullets -- how much difference matters?

[Certaindeaf]

Might have been something that got by Nosler at the time,1970s. But there 30 cal. 180 grain partition bullets were as much as 15 + grains out [That was what started me going nuts placing every jacketed and cast pill on a scale] I really wanted them to work in that caliber! Love the concept of the H partition and separate lead hardness. I tested for penetration, remaining bullet condition and spent weight, in sand stone, sand, wood and soil. Also shot a few steel plates of various thickness. Other than disintegration hitting the thicker plate steels, not one was recovered de-jacketed. I spent lots of time shooting them! Someplace around here I think I still have the targets with all the load data and color codes I used at the time, written in place on the paper targets and may still have a partial box and a maybe full box of bullets from that lot#.

I hear you. I just realized that part of the lot of 6mm bullets I bought are some older Nosler partitions. Now I'm skeered and'll probably weigh those.

 

[Silver Hand]

I hear you. I just realized that part of the lot of 6mm bullets I bought are some older Nosler partitions. Now I'm skeered and'll probably weigh those.

If I get the chance, I will look for those old pills and try to weigh them. I doubt the targets have a date on them but they might. In the end this may end up being be an interesting lead and Alzheimer's test.
Silver Hand