Bullet Samples or 12 packs
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I agree, especially if you have a very accurate rifle. Over the last several years I have disposed of several dozen part boxes of bullets with anywhere from 80-90 bullets left in them. I'll bet many others here have had similar experiences from the number of such boxes I see for sale at gunshows going for rock bottom prices.
It quickly becomes obvious if a certain lot of bullets isn't going to work well. A caveat here though. I have purchased sample lots of a hundred that shot very well, only to have the next batch of the same bullet but from a different lot not perform consistently at all. Often, they will perform well in another rifle though so it isn't to difficult to get the money back on the twenty or so boxes of 100.
If you are using the bullets in a hunting rifle for shots under 350m, I can't see much wrong with the concept. One thing it will definitely show you is where the POI is in reference to POA between different weights and shapes of bullets from the same manufacturer.
IMHO, sample packs of the same bullet weights and similar designs from different makers would be much better. Not likely to happen though.
They used to do something similar with powders. Four different four ounce cans of powder of different speeds in a package to find which powder best suited your needs. I don't know if they are still offered or not.
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I found a website called bulletproofsamples.com
I am just looking to try several of the 50-65 223 bullets from different manufacturers.
They currently carry Nosler, Berger, and Barnes.
I like the idea of having 24rds to try different loads and see how they react in my coyote rig.
But it appears there are lots of different canadian dealers.
Cool concept if they could get hornaday and sierra and few others on board
I am just looking to try several of the 50-65 223 bullets from different manufacturers.
They currently carry Nosler, Berger, and Barnes.
I like the idea of having 24rds to try different loads and see how they react in my coyote rig.
But it appears there are lots of different canadian dealers.
Cool concept if they could get hornaday and sierra and few others on board
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I thought the 100ct boxes were the sample packs!
The reloaders I know just trade stuff and share "samples" as much as we can. I also agree that, sometimes you can tell something important from a small sample, but most of the time I need way more than a dozen shots to evaluate a bullet/powder combination, so 100 bullets is OK with me. I have several boxes of bullets with about only a dozen left in them, however.
For match bullets I would agree. I've never seen 500 boxes of good hunting stuff, some of it comes 20-25 in a box and almost none of the preimo bullets come in 100s. Its sad, even when there's some on the shelves there's nothing in the box.
I generally start with 3 or 4 sets of charges, 3 each. That is 9-12 just to start, and I often do that with 2 different powders, so there is 18 - 24 as a first go around. I then fine tune and fiddle around if I am feeling especially OCD. I would just start with the bullet you want to use and work on it.
On some of the biggest calibers accuracy takes a distant third place to velocity and bullet performance since they are being use where 50 yards is considered a long shot. There I could see where someone might want to go up one grain per shot over a chronograph just to see if the speed was there, then load the rest at maximum to see if they are good enough. If they didn't have the speed or shot minute of pie plate there wouldn't be much use shooting 100 of them.
