178 bthp in stock

I love them as well. I first found them on sale at Midway USA as "blemished" but figured they could only be the magical 178s from Hornady, even though they were not formally introduced separately for reloaders! I bough 600 of them for like $13.00 / 100 and they flew great! i could not discern what qualified them as blemished and it was another few months until Hornady formally introduced them as component bullets.

They have been very scarce for the last several months and while I dislike Cheaper than Dirt, and remain skeptical, I am out of them and wanted to replenish my stock!
 
I found them at Cough, cough...Cheaper than Dirt! $26.53 /100, which is as fir a price as I have ever seen.

I wonder what the catch is and will have to wait and see if I actually get them!

I ordered 500 last week and received them in 5 days. Wasn't happy that I had to order from CTD, but was glad to find them. I had less than 75 left.

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Not trying to sidetrack this, but since the question was asked,

Watch out trying to swap these out for the 175 SMK. I tried to do it with my .308 Semi-Auto, and trying to run the 178 BTHP at mag length, pushed the base of the bullet back into the neck/shoulder junction because they are longer than the 175s. Those loads worked, but I had to be real careful with the neck tension, if it was off/inconsistent, then it would produce flyers.

I run the 178 BTHP in my bolt guns where I can run the OAL out a lot more, but I am sticking with the 175 SMK in my .308 Semi to keep the seating depth from becoming an issue with the longer bullet.

Food for thought.
 
I don't recall if I have run them in my Semi but now that I have a shit load more of them, I'll check it out!

I ordered and received another 700 a couple weeks ago!

Not trying to sidetrack this, but since the question was asked,

Watch out trying to swap these out for the 175 SMK. I tried to do it with my .308 Semi-Auto, and trying to run the 178 BTHP at mag length, pushed the base of the bullet back into the neck/shoulder junction because they are longer than the 175s. Those loads worked, but I had to be real careful with the neck tension, if it was off/inconsistent, then it would produce flyers.

I run the 178 BTHP in my bolt guns where I can run the OAL out a lot more, but I am sticking with the 175 SMK in my .308 Semi to keep the seating depth from becoming an issue with the longer bullet.

Food for thought.