I picked up 2000 of American Reloading's "Premium Mix 223" projectiles with a promo code recently. With the code I am just under ยข6 each for these bullets. I thought I would post up the distribution I got, not just for this forum, but for any spiders that search.
Weight | Type | Count | Notes |
---------- | ----------- | --------- | ------- |
40 | FMJ-PB | 1 |
55 | FMJ-BT | 1 |
55 | HP-BT | 585 | Two variations. Different cannelure, ogive,boat tail. |
55 | SP-PB | 391 | Flat base, short ogive |
55 | SP-PB | 345 | Concave base, long ogive |
62 | SP-BT | 210 |
62 | SP-FB | 281 | Cannelure has big sealant rings left behind |
69 | BL-BT | 9 | Sierra Match King Ballistic Tip |
69 | HP-BT | 22 | Have black sealant residue |
72 | HP-BT | 14 |
75 | FMJ-BT | 10 |
75 | SP-BT | 126 |
77 | HP-BT | 124 | Have black sealant residue |
Total | 2119 |
Took about two hours to weigh, sort and determine the counts. The quantities of 22 and under were hand counted. The rest were weighed on a postal scale to the nearest 0.1 oz and the count was derived from the weight.
I would buy again, but I kinda like the excitement of finding out what I got. If I just wanted 55 grain plinking bullets I would pay the extra penny for plain old FMJ from any number of sources. As it is I got some 62 grain, 75 grain and 77 grain to play with, as well as as decent stock of 55 grain.