New Sierra bullets

[64Rambler]

Did you find yours from a retailer?

Yes, I got mine from Midway. When this thread first started ShootingBot had them at Natchez (a couple bucks cheaper) and Midway. By the time I ordered the next morning, Natchez was already out of stock. Considering Sierra indicated release wasn't until February, I figured it was a limited release, so I jumped on 200 of them.

 

[64Rambler]

Can attest to the 20+ thou short of the drawing dimensions. I also think their drawing is not marked correctly, the base to ogive is waaaaayyyy off. Based on their drawing the bearing surface would only be ~0.256"

 

[Syncrowave]

Gonna be interesting in a few years when the bloom is off the rose and there are like 100 megatons of 6.5mm bullets in eleventyhundred permutations for sale on the second-hand market...

 

[Fire Dog]

Can attest to the 20+ thou short of the drawing dimensions. I also think their drawing is not marked correctly, the base to ogive is waaaaayyyy off. Based on their drawing the bearing surface would only be ~0.256"

After seeing those results and things being so close it would come down to price and availability I should think… $57 for the Bergers verses $51 for the Sierras at Midway.
Shopping around for either will most likely get various different pricing but I would think that Sierra will win on “price point”…

 

[64Rambler]

After seeing those results and things being so close it would come down to price and availability I should think… $57 for the Bergers verses $51 for the Sierras at Midway.
Shopping around for either will most likely get various different pricing but I would think that Sierra will win on “price point”…

Last year Sierra 107 SMKs were like $44/100, making the price difference more attractive. They are much closer together now, unfortunately.

 

[64Rambler]

This (self) corrected drawing would fit much closer to the measured values:

 

[Tangent]

You get Bergers so cheap! They are around £90/100 here or £60/100 for Sierra's. Not sure why Bergers should put on some much extra cost on the trip over. I suspect we're getting ripped off by someone!