Gotta' heap a little praise for Precision Bullets out of Kemp, Texas. I would say they are a 'powder coated' bullet, but they have their own "Polylube Hybrid Coating Technology." Their prices are extremely reasonable, and shipping is always free. Anyway, I had ordered 250 of their 9mm 150-grain round nose to try. Right away, I ran into problems, because a bunch of my loads would not pass the 'plunk' test, or 'drop fit' test. To make a long story short, I finally started measuring bullets. The smallest of them mic'd about .3559" and some of them were as large as .3578"! OK. Back up. Re-group. I double-checked everything and confirmed what I was seeing. SO, I ran them through my Lee cast bullet sizing die, and discovered that it only sized them down to .3567"! Well, crap! I talked with Lee and found out that their manufacturing tolerance is 0.356" +/- 0.0005". So, 0.3565" is acceptable to them. I didn't figure it was worth the hassle over .0002" to send the die back to Lee and see if they confirmed my findings and offered a replacement, especially since it still might drop bullets that measured .3565". So, I started from scratch and loaded some of the .3567" bullets and got them to work. In the midst of all of this, I emailed Precision Bullets and told them what I had found. I didn't ask them to do anything, but told them I wanted to be sure they were aware of the issue. I had already ordered 250 of their 115-grainers to give them a try. I heard back from Dave himself. He said those dies had cranked out over 10,000,000 9mm bullets this year, and he had just replaced all 9mm re-striking dies. He said they were cranking out bullets that measured (IIRC) .3554" to .3558". He also said he was sending me another 250 of the 150-grain bullets along with my order for 250 of the 115-grainers. Even though they are currently saying they are 8 to 10 weeks out on their shipping, my bullets shipped in right at three weeks. They arrived Friday while I was out of state, and I just got a chance to check them out today. Sure enough, they are measuring about .3554" to .3559". Plenty good for range/plinking ammo! I'm not affiliated with PB in any way, but I thought they deserved some praise for excellent customer service in a very trying time!
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