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For plinking and “I don’t care, so long as it’s close” shooting all that stuff is fine.

I have 1,000 rounds of Sciroco and was at the range a few weeks back. A guy came up and told me “You know those tipped bullets? You shouldn’t use them in your gun”.

“Oh?” I responded “Why”.

“They create too much pressure and could damage the barrel or blow it up” he says.

So, I laugh and tell him “that’s true of a Garand but, this is a Springfield M1A. You can put anything you want in this thing. I didn’t even realize I was using Sciroco’s until you pointed it and those damn things are expensive”.

So he wanted to know why I was using them.

“Dunno. Must be the 1st thing I grabbed and really I should have grabbed from a different case” I tell him.

“So this’ll be an expensive day” he says.

“Yeah, I’m not gonna worry about it too much. With over 10,000 rounds in that caliber alone I won’t miss it too much”.

I put a 30-06 barrel on my T/C Encore frame and headed out to plink with some 150 gr hunting grade cartridges. Accurate, but they hurt my shoulder. I saved the brass and picked up a box of 100 gr Speer "Plinker" bullets (.30 cal). Loaded those on top of the 30-06 brass. It punches paper without the pain. The same Plinkers can top my .308 and 30-30 brass. Since I'm not hunting with the rifles, a few boxes of the Plinkers will keep me set up for a long time. I load up 20 to 60 rounds on top of the brass that suits me for the next trip.

I have the same attitude toward my .38SPL/.357mag firearms. A collection of different bullet styles can be loaded appropriately for the firearm I'll be using. I always liked the West Coast Bullet 148 gr DEWC for center fire target competition. Nice, clean holes in the paper. Very tight groups.