Plated bullets, not bad at all

[Jgault]

I bought some plated bullets during the early months pandemic because it’s all I could find and they were on sale, never really used them until a few months ago. I have to admit, not bad at all. Xtreme 45 230 and 30/30 150 were decent accuracy wise, and Berry’s 115 9mm were actually pretty damn good(easily on par with a mass produced 115 fmj), and the Accura 125 38 special was extremely tight grouped from my 357. All in all pleasantly surprised.

 

[simonp]

Precision Delta bullets are very accurate & my preferred tip these days.

 

[MediumSpeed]

I've shot a lot of xtreme 45 200 and 230 as well as 9mm 124 - very happy with all of it

 

[cas6969]

I'll be the negative Nancy.... Berry's, gave me heartaches for well over a year, lots of ruined match stages due to undersized bullets setting back into the cases when they hit the feed ramp, sucking up the momentum and causing a stoppage. (even the "double struck" ones, no matter how much crimp.) Problem was all these malfunctions were on the clock, so I never had time to look at them and figure out what it was. I chased all sorts of dead ends on the gun, while all along it was the Berry's. I finally figured it out when I was able to recover a cleared cartridge after the stage.

Otherwise, the shot well. lol
As well, I used to shoot them in my .50 Beowulf AR. Even with just a 4 MOA dot sight it would shoot close to 1 MOA.

 

[supercorndogs]

I went through 1000k berries plated 180g 40 cal bullets. I came to find out out they were spraying like 15" groups at 7 yards in one 1911 and about 7" in another. I have had much better luck with Zero jacketed bullets that didn't cost much more.

 

[bobke]

Have been using Precision Delta 124/147’s for both ESP/PCC with great consistency, accuracy and are very cost effective over about 7-8k rounds. A bit more expensive than Berrys, but reliability is worth it.

 

[simonp]

I’ve heard / been warned of the lack of accuracy from Berrys by a few folks & always steered clear.

 

[M4orturnate]

Maybe I don't shoot enough paper but I can never tell the difference with pistol bullets. Coated lead are my favorite from bbi just based on cost vs how much I shoot. Steel plates can't tell the difference

 

[simonp]

I shot some ladders just last week using bayou, DG & blue bullets (costed) vs precision Delta & Montana Gold (plated). The PD &MG we’re more accurate & tighter groups at both 15 & 25 feet.

When just weighing a sample of any of the above, the coated are all far less consistent.

I still have several thousand coated bullets that I’m trying to sell locally & if not I’ll shoot in training probably mostly steel.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

For pistol bullets… plated and powder coated…

Love them!

Cheaper than jacketed and at Pistol ranges… accurate as they need to be!

Sirhr

 

[45-90]

Not a fan of plated bullets, only use jacketed bullets in 9mm and 380, buy jacketed bullets by the thousands they are cheap, accurate, and no problem for bullet feeders in progressive loaders.
Tried some plated in 45-70 they are okay for plinking at close range.

 

[tinker]

Wow now I wonder if my plated 9mm Berry's are accurate or not?

I have shot a couple thousand of them and never had any mechanical issues. But I have never used them for other than hitting plates ate about 15-20 yards.

I have a thousand more to load up still.

Funny thing is I just loaded them for a decent velocity for good function and never even bothered to check for accuracy because it's a pistol. Since pistols are just for fun to me, as long is it shot minute of plate I didn't care.