I was just wondering if anybody here has tried loading their pulled bullets? Pro's and con's?
Yes I have had good results with the pulled bullets, awhile back I got some of the pulled 200 Grain Gold Dots that were part of 40S&W contracted ammo. I have made several purchases and liked the products. Most recent purchase was the 223 mixed lot.
The HST mixed lot were also good to go...
BTW, they also have new stuff at time in various calibers. :D
I've had excellent experiences with RMR, and have shot about 500 of their pulled 180gr jacketed.
There's a few companies out there that offer pulled projectiles, and they seem to get them about the same time. RMR offers the better product.
Side note: Don't buy pulled plated bullets.
I saw where they had 180 gr. hydro shocks for sale.I guess I better buy some before their gone! Thanks for the response!
When they have them, You can get decent heads you usu can't get any other way ( like Gold Dots )
have tried, no issues, tho you will have to sort them by weight... Found a few odd ones in the bunch a while back
Im going to order 250 and see how it goes.Im starting to think I have an ammo hoarding problem.Lol. ;D.
American reloading sells various mixed lots of pulled FM/TMJ's for $39 shipped/500. Used several thousand of them with good results.
Personally I would pick the HST over the Hydra Shok, especially for full house 10mm loads. In fact, I am ordering 1K right now.
Not to detract from my statement that RMR is a quality outfit, but American Reloading has 500ct mixed weight (165 & 180s) HSTs for $59.99 with coupon 20off40.
https://americanreloading.com/en/40-caliber-10mm-400-401/610-40-165-180gr-hst-mix-500ct.html (https://americanreloading.com/en/40-caliber-10mm-400-401/610-40-165-180gr-hst-mix-500ct.html)
I've ordered from them a couple of times, bit slower shipping but a good experience.
I ordered from American Reloading the 250 ct. of the Barnes 140 TAC-XP coated bullets, now I see they are out of stock on those!
This is my first time ordering from them... :D
I already ordered from RMR.I will check out American reloading next time.I have a lot of 12 gauge buckshot to load before I can get to my 10mm.
For anyone curious, American Reloading ended up being $12.05 cheaper than RMR on 1K of these bullets. American Reloading had a 20% off, but they didn't have free shipping.
Shipped price on 500 was $5.06 cheaper at American Reloading.
Anyone know if American polishes the projos? RMR says they do and their pic looks a lot nicer. Not sure if that is worth the $7 premium. However I did KILL my last tumbler polishing projectiles
I've ordered from both RMR and A.R.
From the appearance of A.R. pulled product, I'd say they don't make any attempt to clean them up.
RMR's pulls on the other hand... Very nice.
A.R. pull
(http://10mm-reloaded.com/bullets/180_Federal_HST.jpg)
RMR pull
(http://10mm-reloaded.com/bullets/180_RMR_RNFP.jpg)
Not that the condition of the A.R. pull is going to effect loading or accuracy...
These are demilled under a contract and that contractor will sell off the pulled projectiles to places like AR, RMR and NER.
They use a squeeze pinch type puller thus the pull marks. Back when RMR and others had the 0.400" 200 grain Gold Dots they showed some pull marks like that on the HST's and other bullets. My test of shooting them in water jugs did show some petals breaking off but most just rolled back normally.
(http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j441/_The_Shadow/IMG_0553_zps2a825d2d.jpg)
Here are Intercooler's results from the same loads I sent him!
Limited Pro 4.75" 200gr Gold Dot 9.4gr's LongShot 1285, 1299, 1298, 1289, 1274. Average = 1289 FPS/ 738 LBS. Stout and accurate!
Limited Pro 4.75" 200gr Gold Dot 9.4gr's 800-X 1208, 1216, 1265, 1230, 1237. Average = 1231.2 FPS/ 673 LBS. Another nice one!
Sean's testing of those GD's http://10mm-firearms.com/reloading-10mm-ammo/200gr-gold-dot-hp-wetpack-tests/msg19290/#msg19290 (http://10mm-firearms.com/reloading-10mm-ammo/200gr-gold-dot-hp-wetpack-tests/msg19290/#msg19290)
All in all they still do the job even pushed beyond the limits of their design! ;D
I posted my review of the AMR .400 HST here:
http://10mm-firearms.com/reloading/american-reloading/
Now for the RMR pulls.
Different than the AMR, these were advertised as 155/165/180. These bullets also cost just a bit more at $156.00 including shipping, compared to 137.93 for the AMR. Both companies shipped via USPS, but the AMR bullets arrived two days ahead of RMR, despite being ordered 4 hours later and a time zone ahead of me. For both price and shipping service, AMR wins, but both were very satisfactory.
The RMR bullets arrived in bags of 250. I separated them by weight. Pro-tip, set the bullets out in rows nose down. The different weights are different lengths, and it is easier to see the differences when they are up-side-down.
| Bag #---- | 180 gr---- | 165 gr---- | 155 Gr---- | Culls---- | Total---- |
| Bag 1 | 182 | 45 | 33 | 0 | 260 |
| Bag 2 | 205 | 32 | 18 | 2 | 257 |
| Bag 3 | 209 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 257 |
| Bag 4 | 194 | 45 | 19 | 0 | 258 |
Overall 76.7% were 180 grain, with 15.4% 165 grain and the balance the 155 grain. There were 2 culls in bag 2. One 180 grain that had a factory defect in the cannelure, and one 165 grain that had a damaged base from causes unknown.
I favor heavier bullets so I ordered from both companies primarily out of interest in 180 grain heads. RMR had a much higher percentage of the 180 grain over the AMR pulls. Also, as benchrst pointed out, the RMR bullets had been tumbled and were nice and clean. So, the extra money and wait is worth it for me. If I were to order again from these batches I would favor RMR as I am most interested in 180's.
But, these are both really good deals, and for cheap JHP's the AMR deal really can't be beat.