Bullet weight

[jezzolo]

Does anybody else weigh and seperate each individual bullet by weight or am I the only one who does this? I have noticed there is a +/- of 3 to 4 grains in weight. If its supposed to be 140gr why aren't they?

 

[Ol` Joe]

Personally I`ve never found that much difference in wgt when I checked bullet uniformity, maybe a gr on average. Are you sure you didn`t forget a decimal? I don`t know off hand what the tolerances are that the various manufactures allow, but I do know Sierra advertizes a +/- 0.3gr max allowed variance in their Matchking line. If I found that much differance in wgt I would consider another brand. Then again, if they shoot straight I`d quit weighing and just use them.

 

[rick smith]

Unless you are into benchrest competition, you will not likely see any difference at the range and certainly not in their ability to take game. Measure bullet base to ogive, make more piles, buy a Junky(sp) and spin all the bullets for uniformity, more piles, measure OAL of each bullet, more piles. Now take one bullet from each pile and load them all the same and hit the range. Unless you are into becchrest, you will quit wasting time and do more loading and shooting.Rick.

 

[JD338]

I haven't weighed bullets in years. I never found weights to vary all that much even with Hornady or Seirra.
These days I shoot Nosler only and in fact, I use a lot of factory seconds.
I have several rifles I load for and they shoot MOA or better with the Nosler factory seconds!

Regards,

JD338