Bullets favored for hunting from the ARC

[CZ527 Guy]

My perception is the material cost along with the manufacturing process along with R&D + markup are reasons for increased expense. Manufacturer and so the end user will experience the increased expense of the monolithic bullet. Id expect manufacturing cost represents a bigger share of this cost than increased material cost, though both factor in.

Apparently the presses that are used for the many steps of forming up a bullet cup & achieving a uniform core for each cup are more cost effective than the machinery to produce the monolithic bullets. Cycle time to form a cup may be a fraction of a second or so Id expect.

The monolithic bullet I suspect is machined with a turning process / (Lathe work) along with final finishing processes that I do not fully understand. The cycle time for the Lathe or turning work will be say 30 to 50 times longer than forming the cup for example. The machining process comes with a whole new set of QC concerns to boot, or so Id expect. These companies have been pressing cup & core bullets & refining those processes for a lot of decades.

The machining processes for the monolithic bullets in a high production fashion has been taking place for 2 decades at most. Suspect refining the QC & cycle times has presented a whole new set of challenges with the accuracy & expansion characteristics we are striving for.