Plugged hollow points

[DANNY-L]

I bought some 22cal hp bullets from someone on the site awhile back,after loading them I see they must have ran them through the tumbler. 30 of them are plugged with media,is there anyway of getting it out,I tried a needle but it just moves it around down inside and I dont want to pry against the edges of the point. the way it looks I may have to just shoot them as is which I dont think will be that accurate. If nothing more I did learn not to do it myself in the future.Thanks for any input.

[thejanitor]

I would use a tiny drill bit glued into a piece of dowel for a grip. Hand spin the dowel/bit pushing very lightly against the media and you will remove or displace the media without altering the lead under it. I would not use a dremel or drill as you will not be in control of the bit enough to feel the difference in material you are removing. May take a couple minutes but you should be able to clean them up just fine without ruining the bullet integrity. thejanitor

[sk330lc]

compressed air, blow gun and goggles.

[tacklebury]

If you have a blow gun that would probably work, but I've used a Tip Drill for oxy-acetylene welding rigs to make my own hollowpoints.  The bits get very small and I think I paid 5 bucks for mine with the bits. 

[DANNY-L]

I'll give all the above a try,thanks

[huntswithdogs]

After reading this yesterday, I went home and looked at my 2 boxes of 6mm 87gr HP Hornadys and some 75gr Sierra bullets. Most all of them have some kind of suff down in the hollowed area. Can't tell if it's some kind of media or what, but it's about the same in all of them.
The 75gr bullets hold under 1/2 in groups and the 87s ain't far behind. I reckon what I'm trying to say is that it hasn't hurt my accuracy any. Ya might wanna try shooting them to see how they do.

My 2 cents worth...

HWD

[DANNY-L]

Thanks,Ive been shooting some before I noticed and I have about a 2" group but Im still trying to find the right load with my mini 14, In my opinion 2" isn't bad for a mini at 100yds. When I noticed the hp I got curious.

[tacklebury]

It shouldn't hurt accuracy, but might affect expansion rate, like pistol HP's getting clogged and acting like a solid.  If you are shooting varmints might want em cleaned out, but for targets might not be an issue.