Magic bullets.

[jamesdmock]

For those of you who have shot in competition, do you have a memory of a lot of bullets that were just pure magic. I do. Many years ago, Bart sent me some of his first 65gr. BT bullets to test. These bullets shot so well in my rifle and a couple more of my friends, it was unreal. I told Bart that these were Superman Bullets (name stolen from Mike Ratigan). Bart used that moniker for these bullets for quite some time.

A second lot that comes to mind is one from the late Lowell Hottenstein. These were 68 gr, BT built on his Simonson dies. These were so good that a mediocre shooter like myself was able to win the 200 yard Sporter yardage at the Nationals at KC, Kansas.

A third lot was from Bart and it involved his long range bullet. It was called the Infinity and it was a 105 gr. VLD bullet. It performed superbly at 600 yards in my Dasher.

Berger has produced some great bullets also. I had a lot of 108 BT that would hold its own with most custom bullets.

I will mention one more. I won 250 Hillbilly bullets at the UBR Nationals years ago. Larry Moore made these 68 gr. FB bullets with Detsch dies These were some of the best short range bullets that I have shot.

I could go on, but let me hear from you about what you have found. Thanks, James Mock

 

[muleman69]

+1 for Bart's

 

[Terry]

Bart & Kim, first class people!

 

[Tommie]

Lee Harvey Oswald got ahold of some magic bullets...or so they say.

 

[Stan Taylor]

I want some.

 

[nmjwolf]

6503 if you had some you know.

 

[dogdude]

+1 for Larry Moore..+1 for Lowell Hottenstein..only a few hundred off each left
Have not shot Barts yet.

 

[357Mag]

James -

Shot some of Ron Fifer’s .224” cal 52gr HP benchrest bullets, in my
Fred Sinclair-smithed .22-35 Remington wildcat.

Wichita WBR1375 action, Hart .224” cal 24” SS 1.375” straight bull barrel;
Bishop walnut/walnut laminate.

Despite the rifle being just slightly over the max wt limit allowed for benchrest at a local range...... I shot well enough while fire forming my wildcat brass to qual for third place ( had I been legal wt ).
It was my first time trying benchrest ( 100yd ). My load was 42gr IMR4350 and CCI BR under those excellent Fifer bullets

I had heard Ron made them to the same spec’s and profile as the 52gr Remington benchrest bullet.

Every box of the 52s I bought from Fifer shot well !


With regards,
357Mag

 

[Zero333]

I never used custom bullets.

But the 80gr Berger FB Varmint shoot like a laser from my 243win.
8" twist at that.
I can only use them when outside temp is well below freezing... because once the barrel gets some heat into it, they only hold about 1/2 moa at 100m and 30% explode in mid air before reaching the 200m targets.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I still use smbt bullets. Excellent

 

[tom]

6503 if you had some you know.

Still hoarding a few!

Tom

 

[SmokinJoe]

For group, the 6mm Fowler 66; for score, the BIB 118 30 cal 10 ogive.

 

[Stan Taylor]

The most competitive bullets I have had in my 1000yd benchrest shooting carrer,was in 2008 I shot a total of 8 screamers that year.Berger 105 lot#1357 in the yellow box if anybody out there has that lot number I will buy all that you have.

 

[CubCouper]

Getting the right barrel, right load, and right bullet together is a magical event. I've had a great run for the last few years with Chuck Miller's bullets. Stellar consistency over several lots and several years. My other go-to pills are made by Rich Carpenter. The bullet is a different shape, and I have to move the seating die about .050" to adjust for it, but they'll go in the same hole with the Miller's.

 

[searcher]

I've shot a lot of custom bullets but the two bullets that seemed to have no equal in my rifles are the 105 Scenar L bullet and the discontinued version of the Berger 62. Somebody had a fire sale on the Bergers a number of years back as they wanted to rid themselves of these discontinued bullets. I bought some because they were so cheap - a sale such as one never sees with Berger products. Figured if they didn't shoot I could use for fireforming and such. They shot so well, I ordered several thousand more and am almost out, after having used them sparingly. Before I loaded that first batch, I recall emailing Walt Berger when he would respond with recipes, asking of best 6ppc loads with that bullet. He said there were none as that bullet was not designed to shoot in a PPC. So my cheapo bullet that the manufacturer said was not going to work well as there wasn't enough neck support shot better than anything I have ever shot. And it did so using some surplus "8208" powder I bought from Lester Bruno. One never knows what will be the magic pill, indeed.

 

[johara1]

The best long range bullet was Spencers and it never mattered what lot. You check a 1000 and they were in one pile with a couple out a .001 and they shot small.... jim

 

[dogdude]

The best long range bullet was Spencers and it never mattered what lot. You check a 1000 and they were in one pile with a couple out a .001 and they shot small.... jim

Still got 6 boxes !!

 

[johara1]

Better save them for the WO.... jim

 

[Dusty Stevens]

What was the records back in the spencer bullet days and now? Have they been reset since then? I have a lot of the hummer short range stuff from back in the day when it couldnt lose- back when you could win with a .350 agg- now it takes a teen agg to get in the top 20. Sometimes the old glory days stuff dont cut it in recent times. Think of the 600yd groups from 10yrs ago compared to now. Not sure about the 1000 it could be the same. You know those fast corvettes back in the day had under 300hp. How would they cut it next to a new honda accord?

 

[6MMsteve]

What was the records back in the spencer bullet days and now? Have they been reset since then? I have a lot of the hummer short range stuff from back in the day when it couldnt lose- back when you could win with a .350 agg- now it takes a teen agg to get in the top 20. Sometimes the old glory days stuff dont cut it in recent times. Think of the 600yd groups from 10yrs ago compared to now. Not sure about the 1000 it could be the same. You know those fast corvettes back in the day had under 300hp. How would they cut it next to a new honda accord?

my first time at PA 1000 yd alot of groups in the teens some single digit not alot..this was 1987 88...9.5 inch would usually win a agg for a yr or more..times have changed..