MaY 2012 Issue - Target Shooter Magazine

A bullet pointing die is a die used to make a sharper point on a bullet. By doing this, wehave made the bullet fly more efficiently resulting in less drop and wind drift. Who canbenefit from this? Pretty much every rifle shooter who shoots at longer ranges can.Developed and tested where it matters, in competition, by state and national long rangechampion John Whidden, the Bullet Pointing Die is winning followers all over theshooting world. With a proven 5% gain in accuracy, the only thing left is to try it andsee the results for yourselfThe most inconsistent surface on a bullet is the tip (called the meplat). Again, the 1000yard benchrest shooters have developed a solution. It has become popular to trim themeplats in recent years so that each bullet has exactly the same shape at the meplat.Undoubtedly this has made the bullets more consistent and therefore the groups havegotten smaller.The down side is that by trimming the meplat, we have also made it larger. This causes alower BC and increases drop and wind drift. Generally speaking, for typical bullets usedin long range competition, trimming means you give up about five percent more winddrift as compared to bullets right out of the box.With our bullet pointing die, we can make the meplat smaller rather than bigger. Considerthat a little pointing will do a lot of good. Typically with the bullet pointing die, wecan close the meplat up to about half of its original diameter. Here’s the kicker-by closingit to half of the diameter, the surface area is only one fourth of its original amount.This is the reason the pointing die is so effective.Pointing Die, Pointing Die Sleeve, Pointing Die InsertMeplat trimmer (requires Wilson trimmer)all available from:HANNAM’S RELOADING LTDPeckfield Lodge, Great North Road, Leeds LS25 5LJTel 01977 681639, Fax 01977 684272,email: sales@hannamsreloading.com www.hannamsreloading.com