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Berry Bullets Oily?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:25 am
by Adraper
Fellows, I opened up a box of 9mm hp Berry plated bullets last night. It's my first time to use these. The berry's were really wet to the point of dripping with some sort of lubricant. I have used other brands of plated with good success but they bullets have always been dry just sime to fmj or even lubed cast. Just using one of the berry's to gage the flare of the casing and fingers were coated with the stuff. Should I leave this stuff on the bullet? Dry them off? I'm concerned it will contaminate the powder. Opinions?
Re: Berry Bullets Oily?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:33 am
by gthaustex
Hmm...I have loaded thousands of bullets from Berry's and have never had anything on them at all. Were these in the black plastic boxes, or shipped from Berrys in their cardboard box (lot of 1000)? Was there anything on the outside of the box? Perhaps something spilled on the box during shipping and got inside onto the bullets....
Re: Berry Bullets Oily?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 11:41 am
by 2farnorth
In my one experience with them they were dry and nice.
Re: Berry Bullets Oily?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 12:06 pm
by powerboatr
I use berry's exclusively and have never had an oil issue
the black box arrival indicate they were purchased from a source other than berrys and the cardboard box indicates they came direct from berry's. I order direct to save a few dollars and always free shipping
were they in black plastic or cardboard?
Re: Berry Bullets Oily?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 4:59 pm
by Adraper
I bought these from Cabela's. 250 ct black plastic boxes firmly sealed with Berrys stickers. I also got some 45 acp and 38 cast. I didn't open the 45 but the 38 were dry. Seemed odd being that wet.
Re: Berry Bullets Oily?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 5:04 pm
by powerboatr
Adraper wrote:I bought these from Cabela's. 250 ct black plastic boxes firmly sealed with Berrys stickers. I also got some 45 acp and 38 cast. I didn't open the 45 but the 38 were dry. Seemed odd being that wet.
yep it is odd, but maybe they were coated in preparation of extended storage or rough handling on its way to the vendor and subsequent stays in storage.
Re: Berry Bullets Oily?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 6:28 pm
by Don2
The times I bought bullets from Berry's web site, anything 500 or under came in a plastic box, the 1k orders came in a cardboard box.
Mine were dry, if they are accepting emails now, send them one and explain what the issue is.
They use to be very good at answering emails BEFORE the craziness...
You may have an issue that they can resolve.
Don2
Re: Berry Bullets Oily?
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:29 pm
by RX8er
I've ordered 4k from Berry's, 2k of 9mm and 2k of 40. Mine all came dry as a bone in the cardboard boxes.
Re: Berry Bullets Oily?
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 8:12 am
by Adraper
As an update, whatever was on the bullets must have been volatile. I left the box open overnight and the bullets are dry now. Even the puddle in the bottom of the box is gone. I also opened the other boxes up all those were dry. Bullets seemed to load fine.
Re: Berry Bullets Oily?
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 11:28 am
by Don2
Adraper wrote:As an update, whatever was on the bullets must have been volatile. I left the box open overnight and the bullets are dry now. Even the puddle in the bottom of the box is gone. I also opened the other boxes up all those were dry. Bullets seemed to load fine.
Thats just strange..!
Glad its gone, but still a mystery.
You don't have a cat do you?
Sounds strange, but I have read of people upset because cats have got into an open lid tumbler and left a present for the owner..!!!
Hope not....I have barn cats around my property that do a great job at getting snakes, moles, etc.
But sometimes they get a little too curious.
Don2