[Sweet98]

What do these mean, and what's the difference in them? I've googled the terms, but I don't understand the meaning/difference aside from what a full metal jacket is

223 cal

223 REM 55gr FMJBT 3050 fps - Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail

223 Rem 52gr BTHP 3050 fps - Boat Tail Hollow Point

223 Rem 55gr PSP 3050 fps

223 Rem 55 gr V-Max 3050 fps

 

[Darthgamer138]

I know PSP is pointed soft point. V-Max is Hornady's ammo. I think it has a ballistic tip on it. The others, no idea.

 

[Jeff]

Yep, v-max has a red pointed polymer tip on it.

 

[varmint]

full metal jacket has the lead exposed ...full metal case does not. Im not sure what you are asking

 

[Sweet98]

to clarify - what does boat tail mean?

what does psp stand for, and what does it mean/do, etc -- that was answered above already though

ultimately, my buddy was looking at ammo for target shooting, and i didn't see plain ol "fmj" there were all these options, we didn't know what they meant or what they do

 

[meketrefe]

223 REM 55gr FMJBT 3050 fps - Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail - That is a jacket that goes around encapsulating the bullet leaving the open core in the back. the boat tail is tapered like a sail boat int he back so it a more 'aerodynamic' bullet.

223 Rem 52gr BTHP 3050 fps - Boat Tail Hollow Point,.... this is the same design in the back but the lead is swaged from the top ending with a little hollow cavity and space at the point. So the base is solid copper with that hollow point and in the tip you can still see the little needled size hole in the tip.

223 Rem 55gr PSP 3050 fps These are Soft Points. Similar than the hollow point but the copper cup is shorter and swaged with the lead coming ouside showing a little lead tip. These expand very well even at moderate to low impact velocities. Some are bonded so the lead and jacket stay together. This can be boat tail too. In .223 most are flat base.

223 Rem 55 gr V-Max 3050 fps[/QUOTE] Vmax is a brand from Hornady. It is like a softtpoint but instead of lead in the tip you have a polisher tip. this tip is also good to initiate expansion but the advantage is that it is very uniform, doesn't deform upon loading from magazine and also more aerodynamic. This also has a nice boat tail in the higher grain ones in every caliber they are available.

Makes sense?

 

[LDD]

Yep, v-max has a red pointed polymer tip on it.

Unless it had a green plastic tip, in which case, it becomes ZOMBIE-MAX! oh:

Also, when looking at the velocity, make sure to get barrel length.

Sometimes manufacturers will "cheat" by shooting rounds out of a 18"-20" barrel. If you're using a 16 or 14.5" barrel, you're not going to get the same stats.

 

[meketrefe]

Sometimes manufacturers will "cheat" by shooting rounds out of a 18"-20" barrel. If you're using a 16 or 14.5" barrel, you're not going to get the same stats.

Good point. I would just change that sometimes by Most times. ;-)

 

[Culvercreek Hunt Club]

I found this a few months ago and it helps. a lot of duplicates though

Bullet abbreviations
2F - 2-part Controlled Fragmenting	GS - Remington Golden Saber	PnPT - Pneumatic Point
ACC - Remington Accelerator [SUP][5][/SUP] (see sabot)	GSC - GS Custom Turned Copper Bullets	PPL - Paper patched lead
ACP - Automatic Colt Pistol	HBWC - Hollow Base Wadcutter	PSP - Plated Soft Point
AE - Action Express	HC - Hard Cast	PSP, PTDSP - Pointed Soft Point
AGS - African Grand Slam (Speer)	HE-IT - High Explosive Incendiary Tracer	RN - Round Nose
AP - Armor Piercing (has a steel or other hard metal core)	HP - Hollow Point	RNFP - Round Nose Flat Point
APT - Armor-piercing tracer	HPBT - Hollow Point Boat Tail	RNL - Round Nosed Lead
API - Armor-piercing incendiary	HPJ - High Performance Jacketed	SJ - Semi-Jacketed
APFSDS - Armor-piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot round	HS - Federal Hydra-Shok	SJHP - Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point
B - Ball	HST - Federal Hi-Shok Two	SJSP - Semi-Jacketed Soft Point
B2F - Brass 2-part Fragmenting [6]	HV - Low friction Drive Band Bullets High Velocity	SP - Soft Point
BBWC - Bevel Base Wadcutter	ID-Classic - RWS fragmentation bullet, ex-TIG after Brenneke-license was not renewed.[SUP][9][/SUP]	SP - Spire Point
BEB - Brass Enclosed Base	I-T - Incendiary-Tracer	Sp, SPTZ - Spitzer
BJHP - Brass Jacketed Hollow Point	'IB - Interbond (Hornady)	SPC - Special Purpose Cartridge
Blitz - Sierra BlitzKing	J - Jacketed	SpHP - Spitzer Hollow Point
BMG - Browning Machine Gun	JAP - Jacketed Aluminium Point	SST - Hornady Super Shock Tip
BrPT - Bronze Point	JFP - Jacketed Flat Point	SSp - Semi-Spitzer
Bt - Boat-tail	JHC - Jacketed Hollow Cavity	ST - Silver Tip
BtHP - Boat-tail Hollow Point	JHP - Jacketed Hollow Point	STHP - Silver Tip Hollow Point
C2F - Civilian 2-part Fragmenting [7]	JHP/sabot - Jacketed Hollow Point/sabot	SWC - Semiwadcutter
CB - Cast Bullet	JSP - Jacketed Soft Point	SX - Super Explosive
CL, C-L - Remington Core-Lokt	L - Lead	SXT - Winchester Ranger Supreme Expansion Technology
CN - Cupronicknel	L-C - Lead Combat	T - Tracer
CNCS - Cupronickel-Clad Steel	L-T - Lead Target	TAG - Brenneke lead-free bullet
CTFB - Closed Tip Flat Base	LFN - Long Flat Nose	TBBC - Carter/Speer Trophy Bonded Bear Claw soft point
DBBWC - Double bevel based wadcutter	LFP - Lead Flat Point	TBSS - Carter/Speer Trophy Bonded Sledgehammer Solid
DEWC - Double Ended Wadcutter	LHP - Lead Hollow Point	TC - Truncated Cone
DGS - Dangerous Game Solid (Hornady)	LRN - Lead Round Nose	THV - Terminal High Velocity
DGX - Dangerous Game Expanding (Hornady)	LSWC - Lead Semiwadcutter	TIG - Brenneke fragmentation bullet
DU - Depleted Uranium	LSWC-GC - Lead Semiwadcutter Gas Checked	TMJ - Total Metal Jacket
EVO, FTX - Hornady LEVERevolution Flex Tip eXpanding	LWC - Lead Wadcutter	TNT - Speer TNT
EVO - RWS Evolution bullet [SUP][8][/SUP]	LTC - Lead Truncated Cone	TUG - Brenneke deformation bullet
FMC - Full Metal Case	MC - Metal Cased	TOG - Brenneke deformation bullet
FMJ - Full Metal Jacket	MHP - Match Hollow Point	UmbPT - Umbrella Point
FMJBT - Full Metal Jacket Boat-Tail	MK - Sierra MatchKing	UNI-Classic - RWS deformation bullet,
FN - Dangerous Game Solid Bullets Flat Nose	MRWC - Mid-Range Wadcutter	VMAX - Hornady V-Max
FP - Flat Point	MP - Metal Point (only the tip of the bullet is covered)	VLD - Very Low Drag
FP - Full Patch	NP - Nosler Partition	WC - Wadcutter
FST - Winchester Fail Safe Talon	OTM - Open Tip Match	WFN - Wide Flat Nose
GC - Gas Check	OWC - Ogival Wadcutter [SUP][10][/SUP]	WFNGC - Wide Flat Nose Gas Check
GD - Speer Gold Dot	P - Pracitce, proof	WLN - Wide Long Nose
GDHP - Speer Gold Dot Hollow Point	PB - Lead Bullet	X - Barnes X-Bullet
GM - Gilding Metal	PB - Parabellum	XTP - Hornady Extreme Terminal Performance
GMCS - Gilding Metal-Clad Steel	PL - Remington Power-Lokt

 

[Culvercreek Hunt Club]

Wow that didn't paste like I wanted..lol. Maybe one of the Mods could fix it so it looks better.

 

[Sweet98]

Makes sense?

it does now, and is exactly what I was after

Thanks!