Chinchaga Bullet Company
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I actually have his brochure sitting on my couch as we speak. My local gunsmith who is a benchrest shooter recommended I give his stuff a try for my 308, but I haven't yet. The guy I assume is a benchrest shooter so you'd have to think he's building some pretty good stuff. My big thing is not knowing a BC for a bullet before i'm purchasing.
coolpoolken
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- Location
- Cold Lake, Alberta
He makes a few awesome bonded core hunting bullets. I regularly shoot his 195 grain 30 cal bonded in my 308 Norma Magnum. Groups are very good and the bullet works well, even at extended ranges. [My longest shot with them so far.....370 yards] Dale always shows up at the 1000 yards shoot in Burns Lake, and has shot some decent groups with the bullets he makes, so they are worth a try. Besides, he is a great guy to deal with! Eagleye.
Great bullets very nice packaging, and a wide range of caliber at reasonable prices. I have tried the .308 185gr rebated boat tail VLD's, and the .257 115gr RBT VLD's with good results. Very good ballistic coefficient for both, would guesstimate these VLD's to be between Berger VLD's and regular tangent Ogive match bullets. I am waiting for warmer weather to test them past 700yrds.
The one thing that disappointed me about the bullets I had were the tips varied somewhat in length and quality, and would have to be cleaned up with a meplat trimmer for competition use. As far as a hunting bullet or target shooting bullet I have been very impressed with the two offerings I have so far, I'm hopping for good results at extended ranges.
Another great Canadian bullet company is matrixballistics bullets out of B.C., as far as hunting bullets go I have tried their .308 178gr RBT Bonded bullets with great results. I have a great load for my .300WM with this bullet that is my new "go to" bullet, it just shoots great. I have some .308 168gr RBT Bonded, and 178gr BT bullets, and a heavy .257 125gr RBT Bonded yet to test.
I have a picture of a .308 line up of various bullets with both Chinchaga, and Matrix included, I'll see if I can find it and post it up.
Bottom line is that I will be buying bullets in the future from both these companies, and hope they can keep supplying what they have. I wish I would have known about "Wildcat" bullets before they were bought out and relocated in the states.
The one thing that disappointed me about the bullets I had were the tips varied somewhat in length and quality, and would have to be cleaned up with a meplat trimmer for competition use. As far as a hunting bullet or target shooting bullet I have been very impressed with the two offerings I have so far, I'm hopping for good results at extended ranges.
Another great Canadian bullet company is matrixballistics bullets out of B.C., as far as hunting bullets go I have tried their .308 178gr RBT Bonded bullets with great results. I have a great load for my .300WM with this bullet that is my new "go to" bullet, it just shoots great. I have some .308 168gr RBT Bonded, and 178gr BT bullets, and a heavy .257 125gr RBT Bonded yet to test.
I have a picture of a .308 line up of various bullets with both Chinchaga, and Matrix included, I'll see if I can find it and post it up.
Bottom line is that I will be buying bullets in the future from both these companies, and hope they can keep supplying what they have. I wish I would have known about "Wildcat" bullets before they were bought out and relocated in the states.
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- Location
- Whitehorse, Yukon
Chinchaga Bullet Company. Dale Janzen dbjanzen@wispernet.ca For orders call (780)624-8832 or (780)618-8869 Varmint, Target, Big Game, Bonded Core. Bullets in .243, .257, .264, .277, .284, .308 J-4 and C-VB jackets used.
He was at the gun show today in Edmonton. Looked at what he had and chatted a couple minutes. Ended buying a couple hundred bullets to try out. It is another option over the matchkings I have been using since these are getting harder to come by.
