Factory Seconds

[Paddyd]

Hi,
I just bought 200 of these. Does anyone know who makes these?

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/102074255?pid=781553

 

[GotRDid]

Looks very close to the Sierra bullets I load.
GotRDid.

 

[PatMiles]

Call Midway and ask?

 

[natdscott]

Nobody but Sierra makes a 69 grain .224.

 

[johnfred1965]

Nosler makes a 69 CC,but i don't know who has access to these besides midsouth shooters and shooters pro shop.

Lapua makes a 69 scenar, but I have never heard of them offering seconds

priv makes a 69, barnes makes a 69

If you compare the pics of the bullet to the pics of the sierra first run 69's it is the same pic. Not definitive but another clue. and sierra does sell seconds, right out the front door of their factory

 

[243winxb]

Op, measure bullet and compare here, may help? http://jbmballistics.com/ballistics/lengths/lengths.shtml

5 pages of Factory Seconds @ Midwayusa.

I ordered 300 Speer .243, 85 gr spbt from a different outlet. Not advertised as seconds, but they are. imo.
Searched prices on Ammoseek and they were a lot cheaper (10 cents each) then my standard Sierra #1530.

 

[jsn]

Look at Midway's web site for 69 grain bullets under Reloading/Bullets.

It looks like the Sierra 69gr--same photo.

https://www.midwayusa.com/bullets/b...&Ns=p_metric_sales_velocity%7C1&Ntpc=1&Ntpr=1

 

[phidelt208]

I ordered a few hundred of these they shoot just like my Sierra 69s
I did have a few that the jacket was creesed around the boat tail.
A lot more than cosmetic that they advertise.