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BlackHills Ammo?
- Thread starter PDshooter
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700PSS Shooter
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The 52gr. HPBT match (blue box) is also real good and only $100 more than the 55gr. milspec.
62gr. is also real nice, much more accurate in my gun than the IMI Israeli stuff.
Good Luck.
62gr. is also real nice, much more accurate in my gun than the IMI Israeli stuff.
Good Luck.
Karl Hillquist
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I haved used a lot of blackhills ammo 223 FMJ no problem with it!
I haved used a lot of blackhills ammo 223 FMJ no problem with it!
I've been using their `Kesselring?' (52gr Speer BTHP) load for quite some time now for shooting `pasture poodles' with my Browning A-bolt `Varminter' and have been very pleased with how it shoots. I also use their 55 FMJ and softpoint loads in my DR-200 and don't have any `quibbles'. The Speer BTHPs seem to do quite a bit better job on `pasture poodles' than their `original' 52gr HPs and compared to my 50gr Ballistic tipped handloads they give the `pasture poodles' `reversable fur coats' everytime rather than just `blowing a big hole out the backside'. I've tried quite a few different makers .223 HPs and keep going back to the Black Hills ones for my `factory' ammo. (The fact that I also get a box of 50 for $10 is `icing on the cake'. {GRIN!} And the further fact that I seem to allways end up with Lake City brass for my handloads is even nicer. {BSE GRIN!})
On another `note'... I've *also* found that the Black Hills .308 ammo is *also* quite good, too. Both their 165 gr and 168gr `match' ammo performs quite well through mu other Browning A-bolt `Varminter'. However... As *both* of my Brownings also happen to have the B.O.S.S. attachment I *could* also get them to shoot fairly well with *almost* anything I wanted to put through them within `reason'. *You* may not find them to be what it is that *you* rifle `likes' and may have to spend some time searching for what it likes to `digest'. *If* it does like the Black Hills product and shoots to your `expectations' then it's worth what you pay for it and unless you take up handloading, or already are handloading, I don't think you'll have any problems with it over the `long run'. They do have some pretty good QC.
As for *where* to get it... If you can't find someplace that already stocks it just go to their Web Site and pick up the necessary info and go have a talk with one of the places you've been buying ammo at and have them order it in for you. If you are lucky enough to have the appropriate `letterhead' and are willing to buy in sufficient quantity they'll sell it to you directly. I was lucky enough in that my favorite gunshop was also a LEO `dealer' and he stocked it for several different `local' agencies and was willing to just let my orders `ride' along with the ones he made for them. (It also helps that I also order by the case, too. {GRIN!} [And *if* you're thinking that I shoot quite a bit of .223 and .308 you are quite right! {CHORTLE!} I've been known to go through 500 rounds, or more, a weekend at times.])
On another `note'... I've *also* found that the Black Hills .308 ammo is *also* quite good, too. Both their 165 gr and 168gr `match' ammo performs quite well through mu other Browning A-bolt `Varminter'. However... As *both* of my Brownings also happen to have the B.O.S.S. attachment I *could* also get them to shoot fairly well with *almost* anything I wanted to put through them within `reason'. *You* may not find them to be what it is that *you* rifle `likes' and may have to spend some time searching for what it likes to `digest'. *If* it does like the Black Hills product and shoots to your `expectations' then it's worth what you pay for it and unless you take up handloading, or already are handloading, I don't think you'll have any problems with it over the `long run'. They do have some pretty good QC.
As for *where* to get it... If you can't find someplace that already stocks it just go to their Web Site and pick up the necessary info and go have a talk with one of the places you've been buying ammo at and have them order it in for you. If you are lucky enough to have the appropriate `letterhead' and are willing to buy in sufficient quantity they'll sell it to you directly. I was lucky enough in that my favorite gunshop was also a LEO `dealer' and he stocked it for several different `local' agencies and was willing to just let my orders `ride' along with the ones he made for them. (It also helps that I also order by the case, too. {GRIN!} [And *if* you're thinking that I shoot quite a bit of .223 and .308 you are quite right! {CHORTLE!} I've been known to go through 500 rounds, or more, a weekend at times.])