.264 bullets in a .277 box?

[S.Clancy]

I was reloading some 145 ELDX for my 270 Win tonight, brand new box of 100, and I got two .264 bullets in it. After weighing, they must be .264 140gr ELDMs. Anybody else have this happen? 2 seems pretty odd

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

Yikes, I’m gonna start looking for over things closer. Have yet to have this happen.

 

[ozyclint]

Haven't had that happen but I did buy 2 packs of 130gr Hornady interlocks for my .270w and there were 6 bullets that had the cannelure noticeably closer to the point than every other interlock I've ever had.
I contacted Hornady to point out the QC issue with a batch number.
They offered to send me a free packet of bullets until they found out that I live in Australia. (Not the center of the universe) After which they just said thanks for the heads up. Guess customer service only works if you live in the USA.

 

[S.Clancy]

Yikes, I’m gonna start looking for over things closer. Have yet to have this happen.

Yea, I was seating bullets and one slid way down the case neck. I thought, hmm weird, maybe it didn't size right. Re-sized and chamfered, same thing. So then I measured with a micrometer, sure as shit .264. Then it happened again about 10 minutes later....

 

[E.Shell]

I once got a .243 Berger in a box of 6.5s.

 

[Moose83]

75 eld-m in a box of 75 bthp...

 

[Caseknife]

Could very well happen when the line is switching bullets to box if one hangs up in the process.

 

[TaperPin]

Luckily it was obvious to see. I wonder how many weird shots that are way way off are an odd bullet that made it through quality control.

Maybe it’s a benefit of social media reporting things like this, or maybe it is happening more often, but I’ve started measuring every bullet. Two identical weight .277” and .284” bullets are really hard to tell apart when picking them up one at a time. The fellow last year that had a 7mm get loaded and fired in his 270 Weatherby was a wake up call. Checked, and sure enough one of my 270s will chamber a 7mm bullet.

I’d bet lunch many 25 cals with sloppy chamber dimensions would also chamber a .264” bullet mistakingly seated.

Setting calipers and locking them down, then pouring out a box and working through them goes pretty quick - no need to even pick each one up.

 

[wyosam]

Down a size should fall right into the case, up a size should feel very different seating the bullet. I’ve come across a few odd ones in a box over the years and all were immediately obvious. A lighter or heavier but same bullet could be a little harder to catch if the nose profile is the same so they seat to the same OAL and aren’t clearly different on visual inspection.


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[S.Clancy]

Luckily it was obvious to see. I wonder how many weird shots that are way way off are an odd bullet that made it through quality control.

Maybe it’s a benefit of social media reporting things like this, or maybe it is happening more often, but I’ve started measuring every bullet. Two identical weight .277” and .284” bullets are really hard to tell apart when picking them up one at a time. The fellow last year that had a 7mm get loaded and fired in his 270 Weatherby was a wake up call. Checked, and sure enough one of my 270s will chamber a 7mm bullet.

I’d bet lunch many 25 cals with sloppy chamber dimensions would also chamber a .264” bullet mistakingly seated.

Setting calipers and locking them down, then pouring out a box and working through them goes pretty quick - no need to even pick each one up.

This is the exact thing I pointed out to the Hornady rep, my 270 Win is one that will chamber a .284 bullet in a 270 Win chamber. I checked. And like you said, a .284 bullet is much harder to detect than a .264 caliber.

 

[flyfisher117]

Yup. Happened on a couple boxes of hornady projectiles. Hornady didn't care they said "sorry we can't do anything to address that. We always reccomend inspecting every projectiles before loading"

 

[doc holiday13]

Man...

as if I didn't have enough processes to go through when handloading.. here is another one

 

[madcalfe]

The last box of 30 cal 180gr nosler accubonds i bought, about 6 or 7 of them had the white tips come off.

 

[Smithb9841]

Yup. Happened on a couple boxes of hornady projectiles. Hornady didn't care they said "sorry we can't do anything to address that. We always reccomend inspecting every projectiles before loading"

Hearing that is such bullshit. I’ve worked in manufacturing for the last 15 years and every company I’ve worked for has required “line clearances” after any changeover between products which requires an inspection and verification that all of the previous flavor or product is removed from the line before the next product is allowed to be run.

That’s a company cutting corners and not giving a shit.

 

[flyfisher117]

Hearing that is such bullshit. I’ve worked in manufacturing for the last 15 years and every company I’ve worked for has required “line clearances” after any changeover between products which requires an inspection and verification that all of the previous flavor or product is removed from the line before the next product is allowed to be run.

That’s a company cutting corners and not giving a shit.

Yeah I offered to pay shipping if they would just send me the few correct projectiles I needed. They would not.

Thankfully in my case I recieved the same caliber projectiles. Instead of getting all my 143 ELDx I got a few of their copper bullets. I end up loading them and sending them into the dirt berm at the range.

 

[S.Clancy]

Update:

After talking with the Hornady customer service I'm getting a box or 2 of bullets.

They seemed to indicate thats its not exactly uncommon. So, fair warning out there.