I am impressed with Sierra...

Sierra

As a kid in the 50's I grew up next door to the gentleman that owned Sierra. That was in Whittier when the company was in Santa Fe Springs. In the 60's I started buying Sierra "seconds" at the factory. They were sold by the pound no matter what caliber or gr. weight they were and it came to about half of the normal price. They shot fine in the 222 I was using. Now it's 3-.222's later along with 22-250, 204, 243, etc. etc. and I'm still using Sierras. I don't hunt with them much, mostly targets and varmints. There are a lot of good bullets out there now but all things considered including the price I still like them.

Sierra bullets are so good that you can use them to check your scales.

Doesn't surprise me that .223's are that close to weight. The larger calibers are very uniform too but will vary about the same...percentage wise. Sierra makes great bullets.

I started using Sierras way back when. I guess it was when I got a .220 Swift in the early 1970s. The 52-grain HPBTs that I tried gave me five-shot, 3/8 MOA groups. And, they were devastating on feral cats at 300 yards.

I then got into using the 85-grain HPBT in my .243, with excellent results for both group size and hunting. I've been using their 30-caliber bullets as well.

Good stuff.

Art

Another Seirra fan here. Every rifle round I fire is Seirra, Pistols is much more varied with mostly lasercast. But Seirra's do just fine for me and I like the way they run the company. Good value for good prices.

for my rifles it's nothing but sierra.

another great thing about them- did your dog eat your reloading manual? give them a call at 1.800.223.8799. they will give you data, tips, recommendations, all for free- "our technicians will have the answer to your reloading questions, even if you're not using a Sierra Bullet".

any company that goes to those lengths to keep it's coustomers happy gets my business for life.

plus they are just the best bullets ever.

and thier bullets could beat up your bullets.

Sierra's not ALL I use - - Just the majority

I started loading the Sierra 100 gr. Spitzer - - The one they now call the ProHunter - - in .257 Roberts in about 1978. That Ruger 77, IMR 4350, and those bullets were, and are, a near-magical combination. Both sons, a daughter-in-law, and at least three friends and neighbors - - All took their first deer with it, and I've taken several, plus three hogs. All were put down with one shot and only one, the smallest hog, needed a finishing shot. I haven't done that well with my .30'06!

I've also loaded Sierra bullets, mostly GameKings, in .30'06, .308, .30-30, and .300 WinMag, .303 British, .338 WinMag, .243, and two weights of .223. I've always been well pleased. The ones I took animals with were efficient, and those I haven't, were accurate.

Almost forgot - - I've also loaded Sierra pistol bullets in several calibers, and took deer with 'em in .357 and .45 ACP.

Best,
Johnny

I started with a M-70 .22-250 in 1973 and the 52 gr. Sierra HPBTBR bullet. No reason to change now.......Creeker

I use the Sierra 69 HPBT match bullet in my 223 and have not found anything to come close to it. I do use other bullets for lesser requirements.

I use the Sierra 69 HPBT match bullet in my 223 and have not found anything to come close to it. I do use other bullets for lesser requirements.

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have you tried the 77gr ???

Yet another Sierra fan here too. My pride and joy is my 219 Donaldson Wasp. I feel like I've tried every 45-50gr bullet on the market. Nothing shoots better in it than the .224 50gr Blitzking. At 100 yards it will shoot a five shot group "in the threes" any day of the week. If I was a better shot, I'm convinced it would do even better. Also use sierras in a variety of other calibers. I agree with the rest of the thread. Great quality.

Sierra Bullet Dealer

In the 60's and 70's I was a Sierra bullet dealer and besides my new bullet sales I was looking for a project for my boy scout troop to earn camping equipment so I bought hundreds of pounds of their mixed rejects for a very low price per pound. Their rejects were from setting up the machines for a production run and many of them had a little lead tip above the jacket that would break off easily. I took a bunch of thin boards and drilled holes for various calibers. The boys would set around a long table and I would pass trays of bullets starting at one end of the table and a scout would pick up what looked like the right diameter and see if it would drop through the hole in the board then he would pass the tray to the next boy so each boy around the table would gather certain caliber bullets. Then each scout would sort them by length and nose style and we heat sealed them in bags to sell at gun shows.

Since I attended all the California, Nevada and Yuma Arizona gun shows we developed a great number of Sierra customers.

When a dozen customers informed us that they had won matches with our bullets and I informed Sierra of this, their response was that we are told this quite often but we want to advertise and sell our own packaged bullets. Good idea for your scouts and thank you very much for using our rejects.