Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
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Am reluctant to purchase "seconds" when I need bullets for my rifles. The prices look good, and I read that these are mere cosmetic blemishes etc...
BUT - a few years back I bought some Nosler 168 grain .30 caliber competition bullets that were advertised as "seconds." Believe I got them from Midway. Many of the bullets were just fine, and shot as well as expected for a match bullet from my match rifle - quite nicely. A number of them though had obvious defects in the jacket, like a twisted seam on the ogive.
These were most interesting to shoot.
They never grouped well. A few of them came apart between the muzzle and the target. Sure sounded wild, kind of buzzed for a moment, then "poof" no bullet. I think that "seam" in the jacket came undone.
Shot those bullets up, threw away the really bad ones, and have not purchased "seconds" from Nosler or any other manufacturer since. I like accuracy out of my rifles, and consistency.
I know there are shooters here who have had good luck with "seconds." Am I the only one who got some truly bad bullets when buying them?
Guy
BUT - a few years back I bought some Nosler 168 grain .30 caliber competition bullets that were advertised as "seconds." Believe I got them from Midway. Many of the bullets were just fine, and shot as well as expected for a match bullet from my match rifle - quite nicely. A number of them though had obvious defects in the jacket, like a twisted seam on the ogive.
These were most interesting to shoot.
They never grouped well. A few of them came apart between the muzzle and the target. Sure sounded wild, kind of buzzed for a moment, then "poof" no bullet. I think that "seam" in the jacket came undone.
Shot those bullets up, threw away the really bad ones, and have not purchased "seconds" from Nosler or any other manufacturer since. I like accuracy out of my rifles, and consistency.
I know there are shooters here who have had good luck with "seconds." Am I the only one who got some truly bad bullets when buying them?
Guy