175-Grain .284 Viper LR/LD Lead-Tip Soft-Point Bullets — Flat Base, 50 Count

Description

For the 175-grain loader who wants a lead tip, not an open tip

Once a rifle and cartridge can support the heavy 175-grain 7mm class, the next useful choice is physical construction. This Gold Country Viper is the option for the handloader who wants an exposed lead-tip soft point with a Low Drag profile and flat base. It is not the open-tip bullet described by the legacy title.

That distinction is why this page exists. The Viper gives the buyer a traditional lead-tip interface at the same weight where the Scorpion provides an open tip. The choice begins with what you are trying to build and what the rifle will accept, rather than a generic “precision” promise.

What this 175-grain Viper solves

Heavy 7mm bullets are often sold as if weight alone defines the result. It does not. Nose construction, bullet length, bearing surface and base geometry all affect the load you can assemble. This Viper gives you the confirmed SPFB identity carried by its SKU: soft point, flat base.

• Choose this Viper when you want an exposed lead-tip soft point, Low Drag profile and flat base at 175 grains.
• Compare the 175-grain Scorpion when an open tip is the construction you want at the same weight.
• Return to 160–165 grains when seating room, stability margin or recoil makes the heavy class a poor fit.
• Use a true flat-nose design for conventional tubular magazines where a pointed bullet could rest against the primer ahead of it.

Heavy bullets make geometry visible

Confirm actual bullet length, cartridge overall-length limits, throat clearance, magazine fit and twist-rate stability in the rifle. Use published data from a reliable source for the cartridge and bullet weight, start low and work up while watching for pressure signs. A component’s family name does not guarantee accuracy or a particular terminal outcome.

Confirmed product identity

• Diameter: .284 inch / 7mm
• Weight: 175 grains
• Family: Gold Country Viper
• Nose: exposed lead-tip soft point
• Design: LR/LD / Long Range, Low Drag
• Base: flat base
• Manufacturing: hand swaged in small batches and made to order in the USA
• Quantity: 50 component bullets

This listing is for component bullets, not loaded ammunition. No numeric ballistic coefficient or guaranteed accuracy, expansion or penetration result is stated for this bullet.

Continue the 7mm decision

Read the Gold Country Viper Bullet System for the family context. Use the 175-Grain Class Guide to evaluate the weight, then use Bullet Length vs. Weight to judge rifle fit and stability.

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