- Jul 29, 2014
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Anyone use these? I took a chance and bought 750 147g 9mm for $73 (free shipping). I've loaded 200 already, but have yet to make it to the range. Any thoughts will be appreciated.
Thanks guys. Balls are doing just fine. A nice rosy pink. I was worried about the coating wearing onto my gun and suppressor parts though. It doesn't seem like a very hardy coating(blue fingers).
I've known quite a few guys who use them and have always been happy with them and they are some high volume shooters.
When I deplete my stock of Bayou Bullets I may give them a try.
I shoot for Blue Bullets, and can try to answer your questions. The coating isn't really coming off on your fingers, that is just residue from the coating process. They could clean that off, but it would add a step and addition cost for no real gain. Personally I never really worried about the blue fingers, as I wash my hands after loading anyway. And now I run a bullet feeder so I don't touch the bullets much anyway. I've run them in Glocks, and 1911's in 40 S&W(major & minor), 9mm (major & minor), and 38 super. The fastest I've loaded to was 1400 FPS in a 9mm glock.
The bullets do tend to weight a little more then advertised. Again not something that ever really concerned me, as long as I don't get light ones I don't care. I need them to make power factor and a extra grain or two only helps that.
You will probably need to flare the case just a bit more, and be careful not to over crimp. This would go for any plated or coated bullet really. You can use lead charts for starting points for load data, meaning you should need a little less powder then you would run under a FMJ.
I can't speak to suppressors, I don't own any but wouldn't expect to see problems.
I've run several different coated bullets over the years and prefer the Blues. I did run MG's when I first switched to open, but at $360 case vs $240 for Blues I switched back to coated so I could train a lot more. Anyone looking to try them can use the code Ennis to save 5%
Lol. I just order 500 BBs... At least I'll have something to compare to.