Anyone know the bullet brand(s) MidwayUSA sells as seconds?

[Elknut]

Are these Hornady's, Sierra, Berry's, others? Anyway to identify which is which other than visually?

- MidwayUSA

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www.midwayusa.com

Nosler sells direct so I'm sure they are not included

Thanks in advance

 

[CoachChris]

I've bought 178gr tipped that were identical dimensions to ELD-M's and 175gr tipped that were identical dimensions to 175gr TMK's.

 

[Elknut]

Surprised the prices aren't lower but it is Midway. LOL

 

[KenMI]

Some of their seconds and defective items are priced the same as standard inventory.
But, yet it sells.

 

[Elknut]

Found this on Sierra's site. More reasonable

https://www.sierrabullets.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2022-Factory-Outlet-Pricing.pdf

 

[Reelamin]

You can find the same bullets cheaper lots of places besides rip off midway. I bought some 140 6.5 and they were about C grade and exact match for hornady sst.

 

[Elknut]

Good advice. Midway and Brownells are quite high on everything. Both will be off my list when other options are available. All things being equal I'd rather give my money to a small, family owned company anyway.

 

[quigley257]

Not sure if it still holds true, but back before Larry started gouging, MWs seconds part number included Hornady's exact stock number so it was easy to match up bullet types. MW now charges more for seconds than some others do for first run items. Plinking ammo is fine for seconds but I try to hold out for flawless stuff for loading precision rounds.

 

[Elknut]

I'm sure his overhead has gone up. Used to be my go to

 

[quigley257]

I took a quick look on MW and it doesn't appear that they are using the Hornady numbers anymore. Still pretty easy to match up bullet make and mosel based on a well calibrated eyeball and the product description.

 

[171farm]

Curiously asking. What typically makes seconds, seconds?

 

[quigley257]

Anything that makes the product fall outside of the manufacturers normal QC guidelines. It can range from simple visual blemishes to weight variances or product that was run during the initial setup of the equipment.

 

[Elknut]

I buy Nosler blems quite a bit. Typically I check the tip and sort by weight. Might be good to take measurements but I don't bother with that.

I do find weights can vary from 222 gr to 228 gr on their 225 AB's. I've found close to the same variance on Nosler's I've bought from stores.