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Article: BULLETS FOR THE SERIOUS LOADER.
- Article from:
- American Handgunner
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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When Elmer Keith first started experimenting with sixgun bullets in the '20s, he soon found that the available designs left much to be desired in both killing power and long-range accuracy. His first step in the right direction resulted in blunt-nosed bullets designed to be used in both .44 Special and .45 Colt.
However, the long-range accuracy was not there, so he went to work and designed a series of bullets for Ideal, now Lyman, that featured a semi-wadcutter bullet with three equal bands of the same width and height, one deep square-cornered grease groove, and a deep crimping groove.
The four most well-known designs from Keith are #358429, a 173 gr. ...