ORIGINAL: Grouse45
When i started shooting and testing Lehigh bullets people came out of the cracks to complain about performance, cost, Brass, etc,etc. At the end of the day, all i know right now is they are accurate. Are they cheap, Hell no.
There are many companies with cheap bullets. I noticed Knight is selling MZ expanders for $14.00 bucks for 18 bullets. That's not cheap by any means. By the time you ship them they will be over a buck a bullet. If you like MZ Expander bullets, but cant afford them. Just buy a 250grn Hornady XTP or a 300grn XTP. They will do anything a MZ expander can do alot cheaper. I have no complaints about the Barnes MZ expander, they work. I have shot Deer with them. The XTP works to. Dont think you got to use a brand name bullet to shoot and kill Deer humanly. And you dont need to spend a buck a bullet either. My sporting store sells them for $16.00 bucks for a hundred 250grn XTP'S. That's like 16cents a bullet. They sell harvester sabots for $5.99 for 50 of them. That's 11cents a sabot. A little shopping and buying locally is a must to save money sometimes.
Can members please post some bullets that are cheap that you have had excellant results with for the members who dont have the money to buy the more exspensive brand name bullets. I would think Deer size game is good enough for the bullet choices. Maybe even some cheaper places to buy sabots and supplies. I'm sure there are plenty of people who have lost there jobs and could use a little help now in the pricing department.
I'm sure there are people who will appreciate this that read and dont even post.
Without the doubt the cheapest best best ML bullet in my opinion is the 300g Speer Gold Dot:
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=000213974
thy are $18.02 at MidSouth, if you like 250g, you can get them for $15.39
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=000214484. Match that bullet with a
Crushed Rib sabot at $5.56 for 50
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=00072H15045BR
and your shooting a MLer pretty cheap.
These Speer Soft Core, Unicore bullets in 300g are only $16.72 for 50:
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=000214485
As Cayugad mentioned the XTP and XTP Mag are good and inexpensive:
This is Mag:
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=0000345235
This is non-mag:
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=0000345230
It you drop down to the 250g they sell them in boxes of 100 and they are 22.07:
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=0000345200
all these will work with a CR sabot. I have shot the XTP Mag and the Gold Dots in my Omega and killed deer they work. 300g is better than 250 since they shoot thru and don't fragement as bad, they are a good bullet and an excellent bullet for the money.
My brother shoots the Powerbelt work alike Harvester Saber Tooth:
http://www.harvestermuzzleloading.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=3&o ption=com_virtuemart&Itemid=3&vmcchk=1& ;Itemid=3
they are $11.99 per 15, but I recall he bought about 10 packs for $7/pack when he first started using them. He switch from Powerbelts after penetraton issues at 150g of pellets.
My ranking is:
Speer Gold Dot 300g
Speer Got Dot 250g
Hornady XTP 300g
Speer unicore 300g
Hornady XTP 250g
Harvester Saber Tooth 300g.
All will kill very well if placed accurately, so choose the bullet with is most accurate in your gun.
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