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Midway's "Blemished Bullets" - risky?
24 October 2007, 22:55
akalininMidway's "Blemished Bullets" - risky?
Midway has some 458 caliber "blemished bullets" for about 1/2 the cost of the regular stuff. They call them 'factory seconds', and they look like hornady manufacture.
Are these worth it?
24 October 2007, 23:20
30378Yes Sir! They are good stuff.
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24 October 2007, 23:52
RicochetI've bought Hornady blems (unnamed, but that's what they are) from Lock, Stock & Barrel. They're most excellent bullets!
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25 October 2007, 00:03
CheechakoBlemished bullets are like a girl with freckles. The performance is not affected in any way.
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25 October 2007, 00:48
vapodogI can vouch for the above statements.....Hornady (so-called) Blems are excellent for deer and speedgoat hunting!.....and a lot more!
In a .458 they're as good a practice bullet as you can get as well.
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25 October 2007, 01:13
butchlocthey got lots more than 458's for sale to go blems in bullets and brass - theres 4+ pages full most look like about 50% prices
25 October 2007, 03:25
ramrod340quote:
they got lots more than 458's for sale to go blems in bullets and brass - theres 4+ pages full most look like about 50% prices
I just picked up a bunch of 375 & 411. Hard to beat $11.00/50
As usual just my $.02
Paul K
25 October 2007, 03:29
SnowwolfeBullets may be good but there shipping prices suck.
They wanted almost $30 to ship me three boxes of .45 caliber blems. And they could probably get 12 boxes in a flat rate box for $8 and change.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
25 October 2007, 06:10
BuliwyfNot risky, but not at a good price.
25 October 2007, 06:40
craigsterquote:
Originally posted by Snowwolfe:
Bullets may be good but there shipping prices suck.
They wanted almost $30 to ship me three boxes of .45 caliber blems. And they could probably get 12 boxes in a flat rate box for $8 and change.
You got that right, Midway really bends you over on shipping every chance they get.
25 October 2007, 07:09
GatogordoWell, I dunno, shipping prices are definitely up and from Midway, I just got 39 boxes of those blem bullets plus a set of dies shipped for $45.80. Seemed cheap enough to me, works out to about a cent a bullet. OTOH, they wanted nearly $13 shipping for 3 boxes of backordered .257 bullets. I canceled that portion of the order.
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25 October 2007, 08:14
krakyI just put in a $105 order with Jerry's Sports which is a pretty decent priced distributor. The package weighs 9# and Ichecked the ups site for actual shipping and it's $10.79. They charged $17. OK.....17% seems like alot but they are getting an extra $7 for package material and time packaging and handling. In this day and age of wages I guess I can swallow that. I'm saving 5.5% sales tax so I guess in real dollars I"m paying actual shipping. The postal service has a heck of a deal with those flat rate packages.....I wish we could back them a little better with some business. I guess it's the world we live in. The blem sale is a good deal....but I've found that hoarding and overstocking on supplies just makes me have to miss out on the next sale. Tough world we live in here in America isn't it!!
25 October 2007, 11:16
dudley do rightWhat we all need to remember they get quite a price break for shipping with UPS, FED-EX ect because of their voulume. I quit buying from Midway for that reason. I even wrote them and asked why the did not use flat rate boxes. Their answer? It is too much trouble.
25 October 2007, 14:07
.22 HORNETI just ordered 1,000 of these to load for my Hornet.
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?s...id=489745&t=1108200525 October 2007, 17:40
RojelioThey've got them hidden pretty darn good. I've been to their website 3 times and still can't find any blemished bullets. What gives?
Rojelio
25 October 2007, 17:51
ramrod340On the main page simply type in blemished in the "search for" box.
As usual just my $.02
Paul K
25 October 2007, 17:55
akalininThat's because most of them are sold out. Damn, that was quick!
25 October 2007, 19:08
RojelioGot 'em ordered! Thanks, Rojelio
25 October 2007, 19:54
RicochetThey only had them in 100 piece boxes, at a price considerably above what Lock, Stock & Barrel has sold them for in 1000 lots. I decided I didn't need them too urgently. I've been mostly shooting cast bullets recently, anyway; I'm pretty well stocked up.
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26 October 2007, 00:06
GrumulkinI'm not sure where you guys are getting your shipping prices from. I just bought a couple boxes of the .458 cal. blems, 500 of the .204 blems and a bunch of other stuff. Shipping was only about $13. The savings on just ONE box of blems about paid for the shipping.
Are you sure you guys aren't having your stuff shipped air mail???
26 October 2007, 00:48
SnowwolfeI got the price for shipping off Midways sight. They always try to rip us Alaskans off and refuse to compromise and use the USPS flat rate boxes.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
26 October 2007, 07:50
ole_270Well, I got 3 boxs of the 25 cal 100s and a box of the 110 Interbond to try. With 2 each .250 Sav. and .257 Roberts around it's hard to keep bullets on the shelf.