Alf,

Steve is a new one to me. I've always dealt with Mike Brady when asking questions or buying bullets. Still, if there's a new guy, than it's good to hear Mike hired a good man.

Who is Steve? When I've bought, it's always been from Mike Brady. If Mike's hired someone on, it sounds like the guy is as much a class act as Mike himself. Glad it worked out for you.

Russ

Mike offers alot of personal service to his clients. His bullets are great, he'll get alot of my business in the future.

I have never bought from MIKE but I have reloaded and worked with his bullets. Additionally I have e-mailed him a couple of times. Great and straight froward guy.

I haven't tried them yet but have sure heard great things about them. With the smaller bullet companies I'm always worried that as soon as I get all my loads worked up they'll disappear. I should get over it and try them.

Here is their website if you haven't seen their full offerings:
North Fork Bullets

They look like Trophy Bonded bullets with driving bands. Goodness knows the Trophy Bonded bullets sure work on game and are usually accurate. With the North Forks you get the same design but with driving bands and at a better price.

Kyler

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Alf,

Im glad to see you are using some NF's.

I dont know if you saw the thread from John S. but his freind Joel shot three buff in Tanzania with the 450 gr NF at 2580 fps and got three one shot kills. Two of three died in their tracks.

The expanded bullets were 88 caliber and 416 grains. Within 95% of what my water bucket tests predicted.

I ordered some more from NF last week and got an e mail confirming the order and it was shipped out the next business day.

The FN solids work great too. I was sighting in my express sights and would shoot two, drift or file the sight and shoot two, and consistantly got two shots touchng or almost touching at 100 yards with a front sight as big as a loaf of bread!

The North Forks are stout. Dont be afraid to shoot them fast. They dont need it, but they like velocity.

What is your baffle box made out of???

Andy

I have used the North Fork bullets for some time now, I first heard about them from Ray Adkinson, and for a while until I experienced their unique qualities considered them just another bullet. Why do I use them is the question. First---I am a strictly a hunter of game who also likes to shoot, shoot and then shoot some more. I strive to have the best bullet for the job at hand and these days that is getting ready for a yearly Elk hunt and an occasional trip to Alaska, and this year finally Africa, after a lifetime of Deer hunting East and West. I like accuracy out to 350 yards and will shoot the bullet that gives me that accuracy, no matter the make as long as it is tough as nails. Second is toughness --- I shoot the fast magnums and need for the bullet to hold together close and far away. I tested all the bullets on the market today and the North Fork and Barnes X's of some type always topped the list. My test box is a long file box of old records that I wet, with a large Buffalo bone thrown in. You will be supprized how some bullets advertised to be tough pulverize into lead mush in my test box, at the speeds I use. Third --- they must be available when I need them and I have never had anyone as cooperative as Mike, he even made me solids to match my softs that were outstandingly accurate and printed with them. ----- I could go on for a lengthy post which I dispise as to their performance, so briefly only a couple of my personal experience with them follows. ----- A buddy killed a New Mexico Elk at 418 yards with a .300 Ultra mag 200 grain North Fork I loaded for him, connecting two out of three shots. These recovered bullets you can see on Mike's website. My son just last year killed two Elk, a Bull (through both shoulders) and Cow (lodged on the cranium on the far side of the head opposite the entrance hole) with the same 270 grain .358 North Fork bullet from an STA chambered rifle at a distance of 120 yards, yes he had two tags thanks to Colorado, and did not know the Cow was bedded down behind the Bull. Conclusion ----- I still use some other bullets if they are the as accurate in a particular rifle, for instance a Nosler Partition in a .300 Win mag, Barnes X in a .338 Lapua, however the North Fork are just as accurate and in all other cases more accurate. Your rifle will tell you what bullet it likes, just give the North Forks a try, you will see what we are all talking about. Good shooting.