Ive had quality issues with Nosler brass in the past.
Recently got my supply of .257cal Nosler Partitions out to resurrect that project. I have 3 different purchases of their 120gn Partitions, 1 is a coupled of older boxes, new I bought from a member here, one box I bought a yearish ago in the store (a more modern box), the other purchase I bought back then was a huge bag of blems from their Shooters Pro Shop. Note the blems have a cannelure and thats not my concern here.
I didn't notice at first until I went to check my distance to lands. I sampled one bullet from each supply and noticed the blems were wayyy different measurement. I thought I made a mistake, checked again and got the same results. So I lined the 3 samples up and woah... the blems are way shorter and have a noticeably different ogive. They all do weigh the same. The two samples from new boxes both measure the same length and same distance to lands.
Now I know that they are blems but they are supposed to be exactly the same bullet, and they sold them to me as exactly the same bullet. They even weigh the same. SPS says their blems are cosmetic only.
While I feel I could use the blems, I don't feel I could use them in the same recipe. To me this is unacceptable as nothing on SPS or Noslers website says they sell two versions of their 120gn Partitions. I guess my question is if anyone has any explanation for this or is Noslers quality way off here?
Photos, bullets laid out side by side in the order of their boxed shown above them. Blems in a ziploc now on the right.
Recently got my supply of .257cal Nosler Partitions out to resurrect that project. I have 3 different purchases of their 120gn Partitions, 1 is a coupled of older boxes, new I bought from a member here, one box I bought a yearish ago in the store (a more modern box), the other purchase I bought back then was a huge bag of blems from their Shooters Pro Shop. Note the blems have a cannelure and thats not my concern here.
I didn't notice at first until I went to check my distance to lands. I sampled one bullet from each supply and noticed the blems were wayyy different measurement. I thought I made a mistake, checked again and got the same results. So I lined the 3 samples up and woah... the blems are way shorter and have a noticeably different ogive. They all do weigh the same. The two samples from new boxes both measure the same length and same distance to lands.
Now I know that they are blems but they are supposed to be exactly the same bullet, and they sold them to me as exactly the same bullet. They even weigh the same. SPS says their blems are cosmetic only.
While I feel I could use the blems, I don't feel I could use them in the same recipe. To me this is unacceptable as nothing on SPS or Noslers website says they sell two versions of their 120gn Partitions. I guess my question is if anyone has any explanation for this or is Noslers quality way off here?
Photos, bullets laid out side by side in the order of their boxed shown above them. Blems in a ziploc now on the right.