American Reloading pulls Review

[Redemption]

There was a recent conversation in this section about who to buy bullets from and there were many suggestions and many who had no knowledge so I ordered some from American Reloading. I figure this might be helpful to those who are thinking about pulling the trigger and want to know what to expect.

My order was for 1000 .40 in 155 grain 165 grain and 180 grain and 500 9mm spread over 100, 115, 124 and 145. All in TMJ pulled projectiles. The order came to around $101 on a 20% sale with free shipping. Shipping took a little over a week and if for some reason you need to communicate with them via email (I did) they were prompt in responding. Diameters looked good on everything I checked, wasnt a huge sample group but if anyone really wants to know I can do a larger sample group and post information.

First up is the .40 From Left to right 155, 165, 180



Condition was ok, some looked a bit roughed up and in some cases had mild damage from pulling, but nothing where the lands will engage the projectile and nothing that went through the copper. Weight spread was at most 3 grains and on average about 1 grain. I did however have these two...

7 grains over and poorly formed.


And this one, that was severely under weight.


Moving on to the 9mm

From left to right 115, 124, 145 Center: 100 grain. The weight spread was on average not much but at most there were a few that were a grain over or a grain under. Now it is important to note that American Reloaders gives a very up front disclaimer that they can not guarantee quantities by weight. These are all pulled and go into the same crate and they came to me in bags. However this is the one thing I was slightly disappointed with. I was hoping for a bit more of a healthy mix. I got a grand total of five 145 grain projectiles and probably no more than twenty 124 grain projectiles. This could have been due to any number of factors and is probably outside of the control of the company.


Pros:

• Sent me over 1500 projectiles (I think thats clear from the photo).
  Price was good.
  Shipping time was reasonable.
  Company is good at communicating.

Cons:

• The ratios on the 9mm portion of my order were not very good.
  There were serious weight anomalies.
  There were a couple of FMJ's mixed in (about two and im not sure this belongs in the cons column).
  There were a few that had damage and some that had signs of overcrimping (but not many).

All in All I will probably order from them again, probably this week. For the price its worth the sorting.

[sargenv]

I've had some good luck with their mixed bag projectiles.. and for the money, I can sort a few bullets to get a good deal on the price. At one point I ordered 10k of the mixed 40's.. 155, 165, and 180's. I think my ratio was like 8000-180's, 1500-165's and about 500 - 155's.. since it was heavy on the 180's, I actually came up about 450 bullets short and they sent me another mixed box to cover the numbers.. Classy move.. they could have told me to pound sand.

I recently ordered a mix of 9mm 115/124 fmj's.. I think I got 5k.. on that sort it came up 4500 - 115's and 500 ish - 124's. Nothing to complain about here..

[Redemption]

I've had some good luck with their mixed bag projectiles.. and for the money, I can sort a few bullets to get a good deal on the price. At one point I ordered 10k of the mixed 40's.. 155, 165, and 180's. I think my ratio was like 8000-180's, 1500-165's and about 500 - 155's.. since it was heavy on the 180's, I actually came up about 450 bullets short and they sent me another mixed box to cover the numbers.. Classy move.. they could have told me to pound sand.

I recently ordered a mix of 9mm 115/124 fmj's.. I think I got 5k.. on that sort it came up 4500 - 115's and 500 ish - 124's. Nothing to complain about here..

That is a more reasonable mix I think. Maybe its just the smaller order thats throwing it off? I do not shoot a lot of 9mm so I generally dont order as much of it.

So far I am adequately satisfied, enough so that I am going to order another 1500 rounds this week to see what I end up with. At this stage I am basically stocking up for next year.

[Spyder]

I've bought a ...lot... from them during sales. I just load them and shoot them, never bothered to measure or weigh anything. Same powder load for 155-180 grain bullets in 40. I'm a fan.

[Paseclipse]

I picked up 2,000 45 ACP pulled bullets from American Reloading a while back during a sale. So far I'm through about 500 and everything has been good.

[Redemption]

I've bought a ...lot... from them during sales. I just load them and shoot them, never bothered to measure or weigh anything. Same powder load for 155-180 grain bullets in 40. I'm a fan.

That is an incredibly scary thought

[Red9]

I have bought over 20k in the past 2 years. Always got a good deal. Last year they were more generous with the mix. Was always over what I ordered by at least 10 percent.
I've bought 9, 40, and 223. Where else can you get 1500 pistol bullets shipped for 89 bucks? 9 used to be 29 per 1k.

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[sargenv]

That is an incredibly scary thought

I don't know... As long as your load is safe in the 180, it will more than likely be okay with the lighter 155.. just less pressure and a bit more velocity.. the 155 is only about 20% lighter than the 180..

It could work just fine..

[stand125]

I have bought a few times and always got about 15% over on the mixed pulled. I visually did a quick look of every batch and you can easily tell the 115 from the 147 gr so at the most you may load some 115gr and 124gr with the same load which is fine. I have since went back to extreme pistol bullets because it is worth the extra 1.5 cpr to have a box o bullets that I know are all the same weight.

[DueceMcGurk]

Never seen glass jars in a reloading environment before -- unless they were filled with moonshine. :-)

[Red9]

Just ordered 1500 .40 on sale. Can't beat 89.00 for 1500 .40 hst

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