I bought 3 lbs of the Sierra 39gr BK's last year from someone here in the forums (I wish I had bought at least twice that amount now) and I finally got around to see what these were really like today. If I remember correctly I gave about $75 shipped for the 3 lbs which ended up being 527 bullets in the bag I got.
Out of those 527, I sorted out 395 which other than some being a little tarnished in spots or very minor marks in the jacket or tip, looked relatively good so at a cost of under 20 cents per bullet, I'm pretty darned pleased. These are all going to be loaded up and used in my 20 Practicals for varminting/prairie dogging.
Out of the other roughly 130 bullets that had very obvious defects, I think I can still use about 75 of them for some local varminting opportunities in my short barreled 20 Practical that I use as my truck gun. I think I'll just toss out the ones that have obvious bad jackets and really bad/crushed/deformed tips.
I sure hope to get the opportunity to get more of these in the future! They are a serious bargain and great for slinging at prairie dogs hopefully. Here's some pics of the bullets after I went through them.
Out of those 527, I sorted out 395 which other than some being a little tarnished in spots or very minor marks in the jacket or tip, looked relatively good so at a cost of under 20 cents per bullet, I'm pretty darned pleased. These are all going to be loaded up and used in my 20 Practicals for varminting/prairie dogging.
Out of the other roughly 130 bullets that had very obvious defects, I think I can still use about 75 of them for some local varminting opportunities in my short barreled 20 Practical that I use as my truck gun. I think I'll just toss out the ones that have obvious bad jackets and really bad/crushed/deformed tips.
I sure hope to get the opportunity to get more of these in the future! They are a serious bargain and great for slinging at prairie dogs hopefully. Here's some pics of the bullets after I went through them.
