Factory Second Muzzleloading Bullets ???

[JeffB1961]

this is just an example of some i found ..... but are folks typically happy with FS bullets ?
are they only for folks that shoot short range or casual plinking ?
or do ya just not know till you try them in a specific gun ?

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010423375?pid=122974​

 

[ENCORE50A]

Like many prior years, those "blems" are left over builds from Hornady for Ultimate Firearms Inc.
They are the common SST with a white vs red tip.

 

[michiganmuzzy]

Ive bought Deep Curl, XTP, and Sub-X seconds or blems and have used them in reloads with zero problems so far. I shoot the XTPs to 200yds in a 450bm and they are fine.

 

[CatamountRob]

We shoot Nosler bullets almost exclusively in CF rifles and most of what we shoot are 2nds from SPS.

 

[10gaugemag]

2nds are typically just a discoloration that didn't come off in the wash cycle of the bullet making process.

Overruns will be excess and usually sold as such.

 

[retrieverman]

I’ve never shot muzzleloader blems, but all I shoot in my handloaded centerfire rifle ammo is blems. The shoot great, kill efficiently, and are a cheap.

 

[GM54-120]

Bought a bunch of 2nds in the past....They are fine. Just pay attention to if its a deal or not. Once in awhile its not.

https://www.midwayusa.com/bullets/br?Availability=Available&Brand=Factory Second Bullets&cid=19785

 

[Ninering62]

this is just an example of some i found ..... but are folks typically happy with FS bullets ?
are they only for folks that shoot short range or casual plinking ?
or do ya just not know till you try them in a specific gun ?

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010423375?pid=122974​

I'd only shoot FS bullets or blems at short ranges. You just dont know from one bullet to the next where they might hit bc if that defect. For close range hunting & plinking, heck yeah use them. A few yrs ago, I shot up 50-60 Parker 250gr BE's blems with no issues, but only shot them at paper, following my own advice & not trusting them from one bullet to the next enough to hunt with them.

 

[anonymouscowherd]

I'd only shoot FS bullets or blems at short ranges. You just dont know from one bullet to the next where they might hit bc if that defect. For close range hunting & plinking, heck yeah use them. A few yrs ago, I shot up 50-60 Parker 250gr BE's blems with no issues, but only shot them at paper, following my own advice & not trusting them from one bullet to the next enough to hunt with them.

All depends on why they were marked as seconds.... Could even be something like PSA where a large majority of their "blemished" items are really a way for them to sell below MSRP

 

[ENCORE50A]

There's nothing, absolutely nothing wrong with the bullets. I've ordered and shot a thousand or more.
I will say that the last that I bought came in a really nice blue plastic box, which I still have a lot of.

 

[JeffB1961]

thanks folks , i hope deals like this are still available after christmas .

 

[Ninering62]

All depends on why they were marked as seconds.... Could even be something like PSA where a large majority of their "blemished" items are really a way for them to sell below MSRP

Good point. Thanks

 

[ENCORE50A]

I had a metallurgist check the "blems", or rather the UF Whitetail Medicine bullet. Everything was checked from jacket thickness measurements to hardness.
Other than the tip color, they are identical to the SST.








I just took a photo of the only one I have left. That's the blue box they came in.

 

[snapbang]

Ive killed a lot of game with blemished bullets. Never had a complaint.

 

[txhunter58]

Federal BOR lock seconds. This guy never knew the difference.

You can actually see where the bullet is on the ek pic. It was just under skin on left side. See the little tent over the ribs?