Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Classifieds
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's New?
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More Options
Advertise with us
Contact Us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
The Range
Ammo & Reloading
Shout out to Precision Bullets!
Search titles only
By:
Reply to Thread
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="DRC458" data-source="post: 3439453" data-attributes="member: 530"><p>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!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DRC458, post: 3439453, member: 530"] 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! . [/QUOTE]
Insert Quotes…
Verification
Post Reply
Forums
The Range
Ammo & Reloading
Shout out to Precision Bullets!
Search titles only
By:
Top
Bottom