115 Gr bullets mixed in with 125 Gr package

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Ghost22

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I just found out a recent order of 125 gr coated cast bullets was really two thirds 115 gr projectiles. I just emailed the company, so I'll hold off on naming them until I hear back. Questions for the forum: Have you ever ran into mix ups like this? Or, for that matter, do you routinely check your components to make sure your getting what you paid for?

My particular load was 4.7 gr of Unique in 9mm for my Glock 19. In this case, dropping the bullet weight 10 grains would make for a safe, if inconsistent, load. However, if I had to shoot a USPSA or IDPA chrono stage I may have been DQ'ed for ammo that didn't make power factor.

Any other thoughts?
 
Imagine if your intended load was with 115's, and you accidentally loaded 125's. That could be an issue.

I haven't had any mixup of that magnitude. My last order of 125gn plated FP (for 38/357 - two boxes of 500), inside one of the boxes, I noticed two round nose bullets. After a couple moments with my calipers and grain scale, I deduced that they were 147's for 9mm. I'm gonna load 'em some day - I like 147's ;). I haven't opened the second box, btw.
 
Yes but in a very different scenario. I bought an estate with had THOUSANDS of bullets, 20% of which were not in boxes and dumped into coffee cans. A caliper, a scale, a sharp eye and alot of patients later I had a ton of good bullets that will last me years. After a few minuyes I guarantee you'll be able to see the difference just looking.
 
Never. Either that was done deliberately, to get rid of a partial lot of 125s or the entire process they follow is flawed and their people are incompetent.

How hard is it to label bins/barrels of finished product? How hard is it to keep production lot information accurate and make sure that they remain separate? I don't like this at all. Either they have an incompetent poltroon in an important position, or a very flawed system, or worst of all, they have a terrible, terrible problem that extends a whole lot farther, and a disregard for safety and quality.

Regardless of how they handle your complaint, that company would be on my list forever.

This could have, should have been possibly prevented by color coding the products. One color, one weight, one caliber, all separate.

Nosler coded their solid base bullets by color, while every other company coded every bullet with a single tip color.
 
It's a good thing you checked.
Mistakes happen.
Like opening a box of bullets to reload just before a match for the next day,
And finding none of the cast bullets had any lube, the lube grooves were empty.
Life goes on.
 
The manufacturer let me know they had just let some bad help go, and shipped me a replacement order. I'll keep the current 115 gr/125 gr packs for my trouble.

As much as a I want claim they did it willingly (with tin foil hat firmly attached), what probably happened is someone dumped a bucket of 115s into the 125s. They look identical unless set next to one another.

I guess the take away is always keep your brain engaged, and trust but verify.
 
I've received bullets that were the wrong diameter - .427 instead of .430, and I once bought a batch of bullets that was discounted because it was suppose to be a mix of 115 and 124 9mm bullets but they ended up all being 124 so I was happy.
 
Mid 70s I was working on a 303 British. Bought the bullets and loaded them up for some range testing.

At the range, the target had an 18" group at 100 yds.

I was distraught to say the least.

After checking scope, powder charge, chamber dimensions, and bore diameter i determined it wasn't the rifle.

Weighed the bullets and all within 1 gr of 150.

Measured bullets. Supposed to be 0.311" and they turned out to be 0.309". Problem solved.

That was the last time that I bought a Sierra bullet.
 
^^^^ from sierra even?? Wow.

Reminds me of my Buddy getting a rifle his deceased father in law left, side of the gun said .243 on it, so we went to the mountains with three boxes of .243, and hour and four targets later we decided the dang scope was shot cause we couldn't keep a group at all. Fast forward ten years and he finally drags the thing out of the safe where it had sat since that day in the mountains, we were both a bit smarter about things this go round, I mic-ed the crown.......I got .26X......wut? Mic it again....26X....??? Grabbed a 243 round and stuck the bullet into the crown which jiggled around just so. Ended up doing a chamber casting, the gun had been rebarreled to 6.5mm but not at all marked. No wonder would couldn't even hit the ground with consistency.:eek:
 
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