Box of Speer bullets, 99 count .357, 1 count 9mm

[gmerkt]

Yes, recently I opened up a box of fairly new Speer .357 bullets. As I was seating these in cases, I found that one was not like the others. The oddball was a 9mm that wasn't on their chart of bullets offered for reloading. I looked at Speer ammo, the bullet is used in some kind of fancy new enforcement ammo.

Mostly just for laughs, I sent a message to Speer customer service describing the problem. A CSR wrote back, would I furnish a picture of the bullet? So yes, of course I would. The next message from the CSR was that they were sending UPS around with a label to pick up this single 9mm bullet that they wanted back. And, they would send me a new box of .357 bullets. Today, a driver from UPS came around with a label going back to Speer with the single, lonely bullet. Off it went. Hopefully, now that I've surrendered the 9mm bullet, they will send me the promised box of .357 bullets.

I don't like odd lots. The idea of one box of 50 and one box of 49 was annoying. But I've had bigger problems in life before. If and when the promised box of bullets arrives, I will still have the same problem only with 199 instead of 99. When I first notified Speer customer service, I asked for a replacement of one bullet.

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[P7M13]

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[arakboss]

Yes, recently I opened up a box of fairly new Speer .357 bullets. As I was seating these in cases, I found that one was not like the others. The oddball was a 9mm that wasn't on their chart of bullets offered for reloading. I looked at Speer ammo, the bullet is used in some kind of fancy new enforcement ammo.

Mostly just for laughs, I sent a message to Speer customer service describing the problem. A CSR wrote back, would I furnish a picture of the bullet? So yes, of course I would. The next message from the CSR was that they were sending UPS around with a label to pick up this single 9mm bullet that they wanted back. And, they would send me a new box of .357 bullets. Today, a driver from UPS came around with a label going back to Speer with the single, lonely bullet. Off it went. Hopefully, now that I've surrendered the 9mm bullet, they will send me the promised box of .357 bullets.

I don't like odd lots. The idea of one box of 50 and one box of 49 was annoying. But I've had bigger problems in life before. If and when the promised box of bullets arrives, I will still have the same problem only with 199 instead of 99. When I first notified Speer customer service, I asked for a replacement of one bullet.

How are we going to reverse engineer and copy that bullet, now that you sent it back.

Edit: Asking for a Chinese friend.

 

[gmerkt]

How are we going to reverse engineer and copy that bullet, now that you sent it back.

I guess that's not on the table.

The bullet was a 147 gr. 9mm Gold Dot G2, had the cannelure near the base of the bullet to help with jacket material retention. The nose wasn't sealed like the finished product, it hadn't quite made it through the process. They don't sell this bullet for reloading.

 

[po18guy]

1. Buy Sierra. They come 101 to the box.
2. There may be a patent or copyright on the 9mm design, or a contractural obligation.
3. It might have been a BlackWater or Constellis or "the company" bullet meant for a certain "recipient."
4. Be thankful that it was in a box, and not you.