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[Kurt]

Yes Don it is.

This winter I spent more time with these prolate bullets in the .44's and .45's because I want to use these this season's matches. Last year I did not do much shooting, I didn't even burn up a 1/2 case of powder compared to the 4 cases plus I normally go through each year because of some Med problems and the few loads just did not satisfy me especially at the longer ranges so this winter I spent a lot of time looking for the cause on what is going on. I had over 300 rounds shot this year looking to find out what is going on and what it takes to correct this. Not all of those rounds where test rounds, they where just reclaiming brass from old loads but they also served seeing what felt and cork does to undersized bullets.
I found that just a 5% of antimony in a 95%/5% one pound roll of solder mixed in 19 pounds of pure lead will do. I haven't figured out what this 5% in one pound equates to when it's mixed in 19 pounds of lead is but it's a very small amount that don't sound like much.
But for a PP bullet it is not good if you don't get the proportions correct, it will just not fill the grooves good enough when I used soft wads in the loads. A mix of 1/16 T/L does a fine job. Full obduration that relates to full rotation of the bullet.
In this recovered bunch is a ( the top horizontal one) .44-485 gr prolate bullet that is a alloy of 1/17 T/L with a lube wad between a .023 and a 1/16" cork wad. I think I will stay with this combination.
The felt wads would be good in a bullet like your tank busters because of it's tight relation to the bore groove, but I cant say for sure. I have not found the couple bullets I had left from what you gave me to see what they look like. Heck I found the two Norma .22 bullets but not yours. They must have passed clear through the pile

Kurt