Alternatives to Berry's Bullets?

[Pops1911]

Hi Gang. I am curious to tap into the group's experiences here. For the last several years I have been exclusively using Berry's plated bullets- .45acp 230gr .452 dia fmj - for my reloading. Curious if anyone has had success with other brands of bullets? I am only reloading for my range ammo. I buy all my specialty ammo. Thanks in advance for your input.

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[41mag]

You could sample some cast lead for target use.

 

[nammac]

I like Xtreme 230 gr Plated round nose, find them of consistent high quality. For lead, Lasercast 230 gr lrn have proven to be very accurate for me...

 

[xlsbob]

Xtreme is my go to for plated bullets, been using them for years with no problems.

 

[Member 34319]

Eggleston Bullets.

Or get over to Surplusammo.com they have great prices on bulk jacketed bullets. I've been buying these as they are currently less expensive then any plated right now.

 

[Member 34319]

9mm Caliber (.355) BULLETS 115 Grain FMJ Armscor - 500 Count *FREE USPS SHIPPING

 

[Member 5605]

RMR
Rocky Mountian Reloading?

 

[ageingstudent]

Hi Gang. I am curious to tap into the group's experiences here. For the last several years I have been exclusively using Berry's plated bullets- .45acp 230gr .452 dia fmj - for my reloading. Curious if anyone has had success with other brands of bullets? I am only reloading for my range ammo. I buy all my specialty ammo. Thanks in advance for your input.

I haven't really had an issue with any of the plated or jacketed bullets I have bought over the years. Rainier, xtreme, hsm, berry's...I just buy what's on sale for practice shooting/plinking and they all have shot pretty well with a tweak here or there.

 

[techiej]

I've been very happy with coated bullets - use the blue bullets in 9 & 45 and bayou (I like to roll crimp these) in 38/357.

 

[mcfoto]

Blue Bullets for my .40, Bayou for my revolvers.

 

[RVTECH]

The most acccurate bullet ever fired out of my 1911 was a Laser Cast 200 gr SWC with 4.0 gr of Bullseye however I have been using HSM mostly now due to local availability.
Up side is my most accurate .357 rounds have been with 158 gr Plated SWC HSMs ahead of 7 grains of Unique.

 

[Papercidal]

Before I discovered coated lead I found precision delta to be priced far better than berry's especially since they are actually jacketed bullets as opposed to plated. But I would look into coated cast like bayou they typically have 100 rd sample packs pretty reasonably priced. I have had great luck with their bullets as well as my own cast/coated bullets through glocks,1911s,s&w revolvers, and even a ar9.

.45 ACP 230 Gr. RN - 100 Ct.

 

[Tilos]

Here's a list of a few:
Coated bullet sources - any chance we can sticky this?

 

[bsa1917hunter]

HSM

 

[MrElectric03]

I use xtreme for most of my pistol loads. They are good for under 1200fps and they have some that are rated higher.

 

[Tilos]

HSM

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High Salt Medium
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Hunting Shack Munitions

edit: fixed it, prolly you didn't even know that

 

[bsa1917hunter]

High School Musical
High Salt Medium
Hardware Security Module
High Speed Mill
High Speed Machining

If you don't know what HSM is, you might as well take up sewing or golf.

 

[ageingstudent]

If you don't know what HSM is, you might as well take up sewing or golf.

High Speed Modem

 

[The Courier]

Rmr reloading all day, always free shipping and their in house 9mm slugs are top notch.

 

[RVTECH]

Rmr reloading

Kinda spendy - $23.00 for a 100 plated 158 gr .357s.
$29.99 gets ya 250 HSM. (in store at Sportsman's)