Round nosed bullets

[shotgun sam]

That are people's views on round nosed bullets and thier accuracy

[dodgyrog]

They're supposed to be the most accurate pistol calibre bullet

[phaedra1106]

Are we talking cast lead or high velocity FMJ's like those by H&N ?

[saddler]

Rifle or pistol?

[meles meles]

They are pretty good at subsonic velocities....

[shotgun sam]

H&N 223 round nosed fmj

[phaedra1106]

I was also wondering about those, mainly for shooting at 100m as there's a seller on eGun who has 140g .264 at a very good price, http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=5351184

[tackb]

They're supposed to be the most accurate pistol calibre bullet

I found hollow based wad cutters the most accurate in my s&w 686 and semi wad cutters in my model 29

the most accurate in my glock were truncated cone

round nose were ok but all the above had a big advantage .

[Chapuis]

They're supposed to be the most accurate pistol calibre bullet

I found hollow based wad cutters the most accurate in my s&w 686 and semi wad cutters in my model 29

the most accurate in my glock were truncated cone

round nose were ok but all the above had a big advantage .

ditto that.
I always found WC (up to 50M) and SWC bullets more accurate in a pistol myself.

I do however like heavy round nose bullets in a rifle for stalking and boar shooting though. At the ranges that I shoot spitzers and boat tails offer no advantage and in fact are often less accurate than flat based bullets.

[FredB]

You wouldn't get very far shooting HBWC in long range pistol. At 2-300yds, semi wadcutters are quite good but round nosed are better.
The HBWC was conceived as a 50yd target load---its inability to take even a moderately heavy charge means that it is dropping significantly at 100yds. Range officering at 1500 competitions I often had shooters quit because they had blown the centre out of a HBWC leaving a ring of lead in the barrel. I used HBWCs for 20yd light target loads and in my 32 Walther GSP but for the 1500, PP1 and PP2 I always used round nosed.
Fred