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Hornady vs Speer ball quality?
- Thread starter Skychief
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There's a big difference. At my local Sportsman's Warehouse, a box of 100 Speer .457 round balls was $10.99 and the same box of Hornady balls was $16.99. I guess you know which box came home with old Bill.
Similar prices at Sportsmans Warehouse here as well. Not quite as big a gap though. Speer runs $11.99 and Hornady runs $14.99.
Still $3 saved is roughly half the cost of a tin of caps.
Still $3 saved is roughly half the cost of a tin of caps.
I've used both brands of swaged RBs and when buying both just mike one RB to see if they're the caliber stated on the box....no further inspections are done.
I don't target shoot but my .45 loads w/ swaged RBs have head hit 100s of squirrels and this is sufficient accuracy for me.
When I was into bench rest shooting w/ my 20 lb .22/250 w/ an 18x Unertl "scope, I weighed and miked every component and at times shot flies crawling on the target....this was at 100 yds. The 5 shot groups at 100 yds easily fitted nicely into a dime.
So when I got into MLing, I was greatly surprised of the accuracy easily attained w/ my loads w/o all the fussy stuff connected w/ my benchrest days.
I don't weigh the RBs and don't weigh the powder charges....they're thrown fron a volume measure.......Fred
I don't target shoot but my .45 loads w/ swaged RBs have head hit 100s of squirrels and this is sufficient accuracy for me.
When I was into bench rest shooting w/ my 20 lb .22/250 w/ an 18x Unertl "scope, I weighed and miked every component and at times shot flies crawling on the target....this was at 100 yds. The 5 shot groups at 100 yds easily fitted nicely into a dime.
So when I got into MLing, I was greatly surprised of the accuracy easily attained w/ my loads w/o all the fussy stuff connected w/ my benchrest days.
I don't weigh the RBs and don't weigh the powder charges....they're thrown fron a volume measure.......Fred
