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39 grain ammo
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:12 am
by sakofan
Hi
I see that federal are no longer using the 39 grain bk bullet in their 204 ammo and was wondering if there was any other factory ammo available in this weight.
Re: 39 grain ammo
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:30 am
by bang bang
HSM makes factory 39gr. Blitzking ammo along with 39gr. Calhoon double hollow pt factory rounds. I'v shot both these loads only at paper targets but they shot very well. Not sure how well the Calhoon bullets will do on varmints, but they held sub .75moa 5shot groups in my Savage. Web search: IQMETALS, this is the old Huntingshack web site, they are a full line HSM dealer with the best prices. Good luck.
Re: 39 grain ammo
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:05 am
by bazz
sakofan wrote:Hi
I see that federal are no longer using the 39 grain bk bullet in their 204 ammo and was wondering if there was any other factory ammo available in this weight.
they are still bringing federals with 39 bks in here at oz
Re: 39 grain ammo
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:51 pm
by Sth Oz Dan
bazz wrote:
they are still bringing federals with 39 bks in here at oz
Might wanna open the box first and check the primer pocket isn't crimped.
It may not be an issue for some guns, but these performed poorly for me, even on reloads. Groups were 1.5-2"
But before the crimped pockets, I was getting sub moa out of the 39Feds so they were a pretty reliable round.
Re: 39 grain ammo
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:35 pm
by bazz
Sth Oz Dan wrote:bazz wrote:
they are still bringing federals with 39 bks in here at oz
Might wanna open the box first and check the primer pocket isn't crimped.
It may not be an issue for some guns, but these performed poorly for me, even on reloads. Groups were 1.5-2"
But before the crimped pockets, I was getting sub moa out of the 39Feds so they were a pretty reliable round.
im not with you dan have they changed the case i bought a carton nearly shot them of so have heaps of brass but the ones i picked the other day were a new batch that gun shop just got in and they were the same as the old stuff cheers bazz
Re: 39 grain ammo
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:51 am
by Sth Oz Dan
bazz wrote:im not with you dan have they changed the case
Same box, same price. This was in about October last year.
Don't know why they were crimped. I've heard of a few others that got hold of them too, but no reports on how they shot.
If you're getting the regular loads then grab 'em. They do shoot well.
I still haven't swaged/chamfered the primer pocket to see how they go, but I'll get around to it one day and post the results.