midway has sierra .308 bullets in stock 150HPBT and 155Palma

[chickenfried]

I've been waiting for them to pop up. Powder Valley has some 155 palma bullets in stock also and cheaper. But midway will ship within the week on in stock items, powder valley says orders made now will ship ~April 15.

[Chavelo]

Whats a PAlma bullet? Im familiar with Palma matches, but what makes a palma BULLET unique??

[chickenfried]

Sierra's blurb below. There are other bullets I would've preferred trying out. But pickings are slim and they're only $1.50 more per 100 than the 150 HPBT. Also grabbed some Sierra 125 grain Pro Hunter bullets to try out.

Sierra was selected by the International Palma Committee to design and build a bullet that could be shot in the Palma competition from .308 Winchester rifles out to 1000 yards and remain supersonic. The Sierra Palma bullet is a 155 grain Hollow Point Boat Tail MatchKing bullet. The Palma bullet actually has a ballistic coefficient higher than our .30 caliber 168 gr MatchKing, and, due to its weight can be shot at higher velocities than the 168.

The combination of these two factors allows the Palma bullet to be ballistically superior to the 168 MatchKing bullets at 1000 yards. Palma match rifles usually use a 1x13" twist, however, the Palma can shoot very well with a wide variety of twist rates, including 1x10". The first Sierra Palma's were introduced in 1992, and since then, it has been the bullet selected to be loaded into the ammunition used in the International Palma Team Championships. From 1876 through the present, the highly prestigious championship has gone through many changes while bringing together teams of the finest riflemen in the world. Palma competitors must use iron sights, shoot from the prone position, and utilize a rifle that is chambered for the 7.62 NATO cartridge. The match is shot at 800, 900, and 1000 yards.

The 155 grain Palma bullet will appear in the 4th Edition Sierra Reloading Manuals with updated loading information, due out in January 1996. In the meantime, the loading data for the 150 grain MatchKing in our 3rd Edition Manuals provides an excellent reference for loading.

[Ahhnother8]

The 155 Palma bullet is a great bullet. If a rifle will not accurately shoot that bullet, I would question the rifle, not the bullet. They are also really easy to get to shoot quite well.