Bullet Manufacturers

[ColtPistols 0]

From experienced handloaders I would kinda like to hear where you prefer to get your bullets from. It seems like there would be a lot more than what I can find but so far for pistol I've found: 

 

High end (expensive)

Sierra

Speer

Nosler

Barnes

Hornady

Probably more...

 

More affordable

Xtreme Bullets (Thin Copper plating, load like lead)

Powerbond (Thick plated bullets capable of being loaded at FMJ charges)

Berry's (Thin copper plated, load like lead)

Ranier Ballistics (Thin Copper plating, load like lead also)

Montana Gold (FMJ)

Precision Delta (FMJ)

 

Cheaper still

Way too many cast manufacturers to list

 

I would really like to know if there are more good quality bullet makers that use FMJ for a reasonable price and sold in bulk like Montana Gold and Precision Delta. I have a few thousand of the plated stuff but until I chronograph them and see a few groupings I haven't decided if I want to buy any more. FMJ there's hardly any choices and all the high end names (except Hornady) sell them from 20 bullets to 250 in a box. I need bulk. What do you guys recommend? Also I'm short by about 50k primers but that's another problem.

[lunker 274]

I have had good results with Montana Gold and Precision Delta. The 158 grain JHP 38 bullets are very accurate in my models 27 & 28 revolvers.

[ColtPistols 0]

Thanks lunker, I'll be ordering from them when the restock. Still holding off on a progressive press until components become widely available again (no limits) and back to close to normal prices.

[Socom 19]

Extreme bullets are double struck and they recommend you load them with data from the Speer manual.

[Nikos 31]

Montana Gold gets tons of good reviews.

 

I have been using Berry's & XTreme with good results. Both are double struck. 

[Cowboy6373 0]

I use Xtreme and Montana Gold, in both 40 and 45 with excellent results. 

[NJKen 23]

My 1st choice is Sierra followed closely by Hornady.  For high volume pistol and 223 I use Montana golds.  The MG's are the best price/value compromise I have found yet.  I was not impressed by precision delta.  It could have been my loads but the 500 I went through in 40 sw did not hit like i would like them to.  I am as sure that there are people that would agree with me as I am that people will disagree with this.  Wait a few days and average out all the replies!

Ken

[PeteF 1,044]

Midwest brass fmj good cheap plinkers

 

Remington good fmj & hp

[alec.mc 180]

I always load lead, I like bayou bullets the best.

 

Missouri bullet company is also a good place to buy from

[AS350Driver 56]

I've had really good luck with Xtreme plated. I've used them in 9mm and .40, still waiting for my .45's to come in.

[Shocker 151]

I've always been a Zero man, for handguns. Montana Gold was fine but not worth the extra $$$. I liked the sample pack of Xtreme that I tried though.

 

For rifles I've liked Hornady in the .222 and Sierra in the .223, and that did NOT work the other way 'round.