Hey guys, just got an email this morning from MidwayUSA for blemished bullets. Looks to be the largest selection I've ever seen!
https://www.midwayusa.com/s?userSear...temsPerPage=48
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Hey guys, just got an email this morning from MidwayUSA for blemished bullets. Looks to be the largest selection I've ever seen!
https://www.midwayusa.com/s?userSear...temsPerPage=48
I have had good and bad luck with their blems, some are true blemishes (discoloration, tarnish), some are dimensional rejects (deformed jackets and tips) with weight variations of +/- 5%
I ordered some of the blems they has last month, and many were Sierra products (great prices on SMKs). Looks like in 224 and 308 they still have Sierras, but there is plenty of Hornady and Nosler in there now as well.
Wow that is quite a selection available.
I haven't shot the blems from Midway but do order and shoot quite a few of the Nosler 2nds from shooters pro shop. https://www.shootersproshop.com/ .
I got a pretty big order of .308 180gr Accubonds from SPS a while back and after checking them all over very carefully the only "defect" I could detect was that someone had made a batch with orange polymer tips instead of the white tips that are usually on the ABs. Dang things were dirt cheap , shoot and perform on game fantastic. I have also shot and hunted with a whole bunch of the .257 110gr Accubond 2nds over the years. I cant tell the difference between the Nosler factory 2nds and first run bullets other than the occasional slight tarnish or tips being the wrong color. Never seemed to find any with dimensional differences. Sometimes to get the caliber,weight and bullet style you want from SPS though you have to wait till they have what you want in stock, so the wait list can be helpful and they send you an e mail when they have some.
What I do to get what I want. I agree, have to yet find anything different between SPS blems and first run other than some tarnish.Quote:
Originally Posted by big honkin jeep
Off topic in regard to the title of the thread, but SPS had multiple lots of .224 77gn Custom Competition blems that shot like crap for some of us highpower shooters. I thankfully avoided those lots, and all of the blems I've shot (77s, 80s, 105s, 107s, etc) have been great. I'll be buying some more tonight from both Midway and SPS.
I have bought many blems from midway over the years. The only complaint is they do not list what brand and style of bullet they are. Sometimes the picture they have on the blem you can match up with the picture from a brand name by searching by caliber and weight. However I have found a couple times, the picture they show is the not of the actual bullet you get. Got disappointed a couple times from that. Based off the picture I was expecting brand A, but instead got brand B.
If they would just list the brand and style of bullet the blems are, I would buy more. But not knowing the brand and style makes load development a little frustrating. I really like using quickload to run some numbers before I actually start loading and shooting anything. However you must select the brand and style/weight of bullet, otherwise the numbers will be off.
Yes I know these are blems and I usually use them as plinking or range fun, but I still like to work up loads for them. What I like about quickload is being open to a much larger selection of powders than what a reloading manual has.