Few Nosler Second Bullet Inventory
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GregoryB.
Beginner
- Feb 5, 2022
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It’s not just you. I check daily and only see something new pop up occasionally.
wvbuckbuster
Handloader
- Nov 5, 2015
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Maybe that means that quality control has gotten better and there are fewer 2nds being produced.
300WSM
Handloader
- Dec 24, 2011
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One way to tell...
How is inventory on first quality?
You might be right if inventory is solid.
Im curious to your findings
Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
- 18,075
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I've got more than enough Nosler bullets, mostly purchased through Shooter's Pro Shop as seconds, to keep shooting the rest of my life...
Primers and powder, I'm not so comfortable with my supply, but it's not bad.
Guy
- Nov 4, 2004
- 26,179
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I'm about the same as well Guy.I've got more than enough Nosler bullets, mostly purchased through Shooter's Pro Shop as seconds, to keep shooting the rest of my life...
Primers and powder, I'm not so comfortable with my supply, but it's not bad.
Guy
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Wolfshead
Beginner
- Feb 5, 2022
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They just posted some last night
Or it's hard to have 2nds when your not making any # 1s
wvbuckbuster
Handloader
- Nov 5, 2015
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Try it you'll like it.
Todd NE WY
Beginner
- Sep 30, 2022
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I use the 125 gr partitions in my 6.5-06 handgun at about 2450 fps and they are excellent on deer and antelope.
It's a great bullet. I use in my 6.5X284 for Mule Deer and It is accurate and a hammer.
RL338
Handloader
- Mar 23, 2017
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I've got more than enough Nosler bullets, mostly purchased through Shooter's Pro Shop as seconds, to keep shooting the rest of my life...
Primers and powder, I'm not so comfortable with my supply, but it's not bad.
Guy
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Heavy Barrel
Beginner
- Apr 3, 2015
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A friend of a friend of mine suggested to go check out the factory seconds at Midway USA.
I've reached my own opinion on these, though I'll let you decide. Especially the UPC number.
I've reached my own opinion on these, though I'll let you decide. Especially the UPC number.
Charlie-NY
Handloader
- Mar 11, 2005
- 1,479
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Over-buying bullets can be counterproductive. I've bought my share of 2nds/blems and bulk bullets when I thought it was a good idea. However, new bullets come out all the time. Better BCs, better terminal performance, tighter tolerances or some other enhancement that got my attention. As I buy, test and use new bullets, I've noticed that my accumulation of older bullets just keeps growing. Some of my inventoried bullets are in older, outdated boxes that really show their age.
It's not practical to sell these older bullets so they either collect dust or are given away. For a guy who is an incessant reloader/shooter you wouldn't think a large accumulation of unneeded bullets would happen, but it did. I'm a lot more conservative about my bullet purchases lately and try to not over-buy.
It's not practical to sell these older bullets so they either collect dust or are given away. For a guy who is an incessant reloader/shooter you wouldn't think a large accumulation of unneeded bullets would happen, but it did. I'm a lot more conservative about my bullet purchases lately and try to not over-buy.
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Thank you everyone for your comments. I looked at MIdway one time and it could be me but I see them buying Nosler seconds and then selling them for the price or close to the price of production non-seconds. I have a nice inventory of what I can happily use but I have turned my attention to Barnes TTSX now for 3 of my 4 rifles for hunting. I still love the 180gr partitions for the 30-06 though.
wvbuckbuster
Handloader
- Nov 5, 2015
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I have no problems with the Nosler seconds sold by them. Bought some 7mm seconds from Midway that looked like Sierra 140gr. Don't know if it was the bullets, the load combos I tried or that my rifle just didn't like them, but I couldn't get them to group for nothing. Gave the rest to my son to try and see what he came up with. Never had that to happen with Nosler.
I've bought bullets in bulk many times and although they may not have the greatest design so popular today, they're still fun to shoot and more important, they still kill game quite nicely.
The last big purcase of bullets I did was at a gun show about seven or eight years ago. I was setting up a table so I could sell of a few safe queens I no longer had any interest in when this old gentleman started to set up next to me. He was selling off is supply of bullets as he was retiring from his custom reloading business. He had mostly all Nosler Partitions, some Ballistic Tips and Accubonds plus a few partial boxes of the same bullets. It wiped out any gun buying money I had but I got the sealed boxes of bullets for $10 a box and none of these bullets in the open boxes were seconds or blems. Besides the Nosler bullets, I also got quite a few boxes of 160 gr. Speer Grand Slams with about half being the older two core version and the rest being the newer cup and core type. Some Sierra bullets as well. Calibers ran from 270, 7MM and 30 for the most part A few .243 and 257 bullets as well. I probably will not live long enough to shoot all of them into targets or game.
Paul B.
