05-09-2021, 08:19 PM
Point deformation is one thing. I too have seen this in some of my soft-tip bullets and have decided to use them in other rifles because of that. But as to actually deflecting the entire bullet out of a radially concentric alignment due to forces on the cartridge while chambering, I would grant that there is at least a possibility of force, but unless we have some objective chamberings/re-pulls of various rounds with various lengths, seating depths etc, and measurements of resulting excessive run-outs... I'm reluctant to come to that conclusion.
Perhaps the advice of seating to at least 1 caliber's length into the case neck, plus adequate tension from re-sizing, offers enough resistance such that misaligning the bullet does not happen -- the misaligning force may be less than the force needed to offset the bullet. And the round could even be "banged" around while chambering, I'd even grant that. But don't think I've seen/heard much discussion on any great amounts of knocking bullets out of alignment... and I think that if it is a great problem, a) it would be generic to almost all ARS, and b) we'd be seeing a lot of discussion on forums about it.
So on that part, I'm still a bit skeptical.
Perhaps the advice of seating to at least 1 caliber's length into the case neck, plus adequate tension from re-sizing, offers enough resistance such that misaligning the bullet does not happen -- the misaligning force may be less than the force needed to offset the bullet. And the round could even be "banged" around while chambering, I'd even grant that. But don't think I've seen/heard much discussion on any great amounts of knocking bullets out of alignment... and I think that if it is a great problem, a) it would be generic to almost all ARS, and b) we'd be seeing a lot of discussion on forums about it.
So on that part, I'm still a bit skeptical.