I found a dealer with a good price on 69gr PPU manufactured BTHP bullets a few weeks ago and just got around to trying them out this morning. I typically shoot 69gr SMK's through my Model 12FV and was looking for a cheaper alternative, these held some promise for the price I paid.

The shape was slightly different which led me to weigh a few. The differences were so drastic I ended up weighing 200 of them.

Resluts:

68.6gr -1
68.7gr -2
68.8gr -4
68.9gr-12
69.0 to69.1gr -87
69.2gr- 51
69.3gr-25
69.4gr-12
69.5gr-3
69.6gr-3

I loaded 50 of the 69/69.1gr bullets in front of 24.5gr of Varget and fired ten 5 shot groups. Most of the groups measured .75" to .875", the last and worst group was 1.125". After firing the 50 shots with the PPU bullets I fired 3 more 5 shot groups with 69gr SMK's (and a smoking hot barrel) which measured .479", .577" and .500".

I guess the end result is the PPU's are good for trigger time but are not in the same league as SMK's.