Anybody have a chance to test those 140 Amax blems from Midway?

[ScottyD]

...I'm asking about those .264 140g A-max blems Midway was selling for $20/100. The price was right, but do they shoot OK? It would be great if they shot just like the rest of the Amax's... Is there any hope for same performance and POI as the full price 140 Amax's? Anybody load some up and shoot them yet?

 

[sab9259]

They shoot the same

 

[ScottyD]

OUTSTANDING! That's what I'm talking about! - Very happy to see that. -Especially since I bought 1k of them from Midway! Thanks for the pic!

 

[TRAAV]

Ive heard they were fine

 

[damoncali]

What is it that's different about them? Color? Jacket a little too short?

 

[TN-MadDog]

What is it that's different about them? Color? Jacket a little too short?

I ordered 300 and I got them a few days ago. I have not used any yet but opened one box to take a look. I couldn't see any real issues. A few had some discoloration on them and one had a very small ding. I just took a few pics, didn't come out real good but maybe you can see what I am talking about. Not sure what others have seen.

I did look at some AMAX bullets that I had in Hornady boxes. I didn't see any discoloration on them but didn't look real close.

 

[damoncali]

Interesting. I'd buy the heck out of those. I wonder what causes the funk.

 

[sab9259]

I weighed, measured, and visually inspected them against "NIB" 140s and there is no major differences other than about $8 per 100

 

[buffybuster]

about $8 per 100

That's the difference.

 

[gmz71]

I bought some as well... They seem to shoot the same

 

[capreppy]

I bought 2k. Wrapping up load development. I'm getting 1/2 MOA and hoping with this last set, I'm hoping to get that down to a consistent 1/4 MOA (or pretty damn close). I'm going to take them to 500 in a couple of weeks and 1k in August. From what I've shot, they are great.

I did take the time to open a couple of boxes, weigh and measure them against factory firsts and couldn't find any differences. In the couple of boxes that I opened, I couldn't find the blemesh.