Inspecting pulled bullets -plated 9mm

[Chillydog]

im sorting through some pulled plated 9mm I bought from RMR. Found 1 bullet that looks questionable to me but thought I would ask. This is my first experience with pulled bullets.

See gouge on the side? What say ye?

 

[kmw1954]

Unsure of the rest of you but that would be a discard for me. Besides it's only one!

 

[Bfh_auto]

It will lead. I would throw in the scrap head.

 

[edwardware]

It would appear that was torn on seating. . .

I would load and shoot it, just to see if it groups. I betcha you can't tell the difference.

 

[jmorris]

Was crooked on the mouth when it was seated, not enough flare or other case mouth imperfection, then they crimped it too much.

 

[troy fairweather]

ya like edwardware said rom seating, not rmr's falt id shoot it.

 

[LiveLife]

I have sorted through several thousand RMR pulled plated 9mm bullets and shot over a thousand.

For each thousand pulled bullets, I have found up to a few bullets that look like OP's and toss them as seating them is a no-go.

Rest of pulled bullets have shot surprisingly well. I have used them for defensive/point shooting training/drills and accuracy has been to point of aim at defensive shooting distances.

 

[Walkalong]

Was crooked on the mouth when it was seated, not enough flare or other case mouth imperfection, then they crimped it too much.

Yep. Pitch it.

 

[ATLDave]

Agreed. Bad seating job. I'd pitch it, or give it to a friend who casts to melt down. I've given away a few pounds worth of fouled-up bullets over the years to my buddies who aren't as scare of lead fumes as I am!

 

[Jack B.]

Throw it out.

 

[longdayjake]

Yeah, as the description says in the listing, some may be unusable but we send lots of extras to make up for any that you have to throw away.

 

[Chillydog]

Well, the consensus is in and it supports what I thought too! I agree these had plenty of crimp.

And I agree, not at all RMR’s fault. They more than made up for the couple that were mangled. I had 1,055 good bullets from the “1,000” count bag.

Thanks everyone!

 

[longdayjake]

Here is what it says in the listing.

They have been pulled and many of them have some decent pull marks. The pull marks should not affect loading or accuracy of the bullet at all, but just in case some are unusable we are throwing in quite a few extra to make up for any that are rejects. We have not sorted through any of these so the price is very cheap because some may be unusable. You really should sort through these before you load them.

 

[Chillydog]

Yeah, as the description says in the listing, some may be unusable but we send lots of extras to make up for any that you have to throw away.

Absolutely! No complaints from me.


Just making sure my thinking was correct. No sense throwing away something usable, but on the other hand don’t try to save a penny and waste. dollars.

 

[uofaengr]

Well, the consensus is in and it supports what I thought too! I agree these had plenty of crimp.

And I agree, not at all RMR’s fault. They more than made up for the couple that were mangled. I had 1,055 good bullets from the “1,000” count bag.

Thanks everyone!

Yep, hard to beat that when you end up getting more than what you paid for.

 

[sparkyv]

It's a plinker. Shoot it!

 

[Cooter Boolit]

To the OP, i would throw those out for sure! Why chance it.

I tried pulled plated bullets in the past. It concerned me when i found they were crimped so hard and undersized, that they were useless to load. Plated bullets aren`t that stout. Copper jacketed bullets are a little more stout, i`ve tried those before, they wernt anything to brag about, but doable. But i stopped buying them all together anymore. I found that my accuracy wasnt as good as i hoped for. And brand new bullets aren`t THAT much more money. I`ll stick to new. That way i dont waste my time having to do all this checking that your should be doing with pulled bullets, plated or otherwise. I guess if they`re working for some of you guys, thats very KOOL!

 

[LiveLife]

brand new bullets aren`t THAT much more money. I`ll stick to new.

While I agree that thanks to RMR, we have access to new quality bullets at great prices, but the pulled bullets RMR sells at times can be too low to pass up.

New 9mm 115 gr FMJ comes to $73.15/1000 shipped when 2000 quantity is bought with 5% THR discount - https://www.rmrbullets.com/shop/rmr...rmr-full-metal-jacket-round-nose-bullets-new/

"Pulled" 9mm mixed weight bullets comes to $52.25/1000 shipped for 2000 quantity with 5% THR discount - https://www.rmrbullets.com/shop/bullets/9mm-115-124-gr-mixed-plated-round-nose-bullets-pulled/

BTW, "Seconds" 9mm 100 gr plated RNFP comes to $54.62/1000 shipped for 2000 quantity with 5% THR discount - https://www.rmrbullets.com/shop/bul...round-nose-flat-point-plated-bullets-seconds/

RMR 5% THR discount code is thehighroad5 and enter THR ID in the order comment box.

 

[Cooter Boolit]

While I agree that thanks to RMR, we have access to new quality bullets at great prices, but the pulled bullets RMR sells at times can be too low to pass up.

New 9mm 115 gr FMJ comes to $73.15/1000 shipped when 2000 quantity is bought with 5% THR discount - https://www.rmrbullets.com/shop/rmr...rmr-full-metal-jacket-round-nose-bullets-new/

"Pulled" 9mm mixed weight bullets comes to $52.25/1000 shipped for 2000 quantity with 5% THR discount - https://www.rmrbullets.com/shop/bullets/9mm-115-124-gr-mixed-plated-round-nose-bullets-pulled/

BTW, "Seconds" 9mm 100 gr plated RNFP comes to $54.62/1000 shipped for 2000 quantity with 5% THR discount - https://www.rmrbullets.com/shop/bul...round-nose-flat-point-plated-bullets-seconds/

Ohhhhh no doubt! I`m all about saving some money in my gun hobby. But at the time i was playing around with pulled bullets, there wern`t enough of a supply to get those kinds of discounts. Thank you for the links!

 

[LiveLife]

FYI, RMR is having a big seconds/pulled bullet sale for various pistol/rifle calibers - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...ponents-on-sale.707473/page-175#post-11114968

As usual, popular bullets will go fast so hurry if you want the savings.