m855 pulled bullets, $45/K

[Jicko]

You get what you pay for..

+1.... that's why i only goes with "premium" components.... afterall, you are investing quite a bit of TIME in this whole reloading business....

[rksimple]

You get what you pay for..

I'd have to agree, except when I was buying pulled m855 and m193 from Hi-tech for $27/k and they shot as well as factory new bullets. This was only a year or two ago. I didn't expect these to be so piss poor.

[scewper]

You get what you pay for..

[elSquid]

If you place an order, don't hold your breath on the wait time or the quality of components.

Too good to be true. Figures. I was ready to drop $500+ on bullets.

I'm going to do wideners as well I guess.

-- Michael

[dw1784]

those are machine pulled. They may not have been resized.
If you try to load them, sometimes(or most of the time for me) the bullet will get stuck in the die and I end up having to take out the depriming rod and punch out the bullet. Depending on the type of your die, it can be a real pain in the behind.

pic 4(from top) are emptied tracer rounds. The "pocket" you see at the end holds the priming compound. I too got a bunch of emptied tracers(M2's). Load'em up. They shoot fine. I save them for the 7.5Swiss since my K31 has a long throat and I can seat them further out.

[mecam]

Damn, those bullets looks nasty. Thanks for the photos but I think I'll stick to wideners.com.

[Gunsrruss]

Thats Ugly....

You might as well scrap those bad ones. I would heat them until the lead runs out of them. Then sell the components. Unless you send them back for refund. It could take you ages to get your money back, if then.

[rksimple]

Wow! I hope they don't show up now!

[Santa Cruz Armory]

Pictures added

[Santa Cruz Armory]

River Valley Ordnance

Just a heads up... I placed an order for 1k of each , the 62 gr M855 pulled and the new 62 gr w/o cannalure. and I'm not happy. I'll post pics later.

I received them about 2 months later and when I started loading I found MANY to be out of spec. The pulled bullets look like they were pulled with a pair of wire cutters and the ones with no cannalure, many of them were missing the boat tail. It looked as if they didn't go through the shaping process the entire way. Some were missing the boat tail, others were rolled at the bottom but were bulged so when you go to seat the bullet, it opens the case neck too far and the bullet drops into the case.

I talked to the lady when I placed the order and she told me her husband had died and she was trying to hold it all together. It took me a few months of sending emails and leaving messages to get in contact with them to place my order. I never ordered from them before so I can't say how the service was in the past.

If you place an order, don't hold your breath on the wait time or the quality of components.

[anyracoon]

Here is a link to THR that talks about RVO

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=320128&highlight

[elSquid]

There have been some reports on arfcom of this lady (her husband passed away and she is running the place) having people's brass for processing for a few months with no contact. I'm going to have to dispute the charges on my cc I think.

Not good.

Thanks for the heads up.

-- Michael

[rksimple]

Man over a month and nothing? That sucks!

There have been some reports on arfcom of this lady (her husband passed away and she is running the place) having people's brass for processing for a few months with no contact. I'm going to have to dispute the charges on my cc I think.

[Blue]

Haven't received anything yet, nor heard from her in reply to my emails. Don't order yet. Might not go so well.

BTW: The CC was charged immediately.

Man over a month and nothing? That sucks!

[rksimple]

Haven't received anything yet, nor heard from her in reply to my emails. Don't order yet. Might not go so well.

BTW: The CC was charged immediately.