Berry's Bullets

[putteral]

As you can guess buy know I am getting back to reloading my own ammo. It has been about 15yrs. Have moved several times and retired and decided to get back into reloading.
Any feed back on Berry"s plated bullets. They are about the lowest cost bullet out there.

 

[RustyFN]

I shoot a lot of Berry's in 9mm and they are just as accurate as any other ammo I have shot. Keep them under 1200 FPS and a very light crimp. I crimp just enough to remove the bell the powder/expander die put in. Over crimping will cause problems. Rainier also makes a good plated bullet.
Rusty

 

[Kimber1911_06238]

I shoot them in .38 and .45

They are as accurate as any other bullet, as long as you use low-moderate loadings.

 

[MattB000]

I like them for 45, but they do lack a cannelure which makes xtreme my choice for .357.

 

[Walkalong]

Excellent bullets. Use a light crimp.

I have had good luck with Berry's, Raniers, and X-Tremes. All make a good product. Raniers (at least from Midway) pretty much priced themselves out of being purchased by me some time back---priced like jacketed!) Their 2000 200 Gr SWC's with free freight from Midway is still a good deal though, and a very accurate bullet. That is when I started using Berry's and was very pleased with the results. I like the X-Treme bullets, but do not find the cannelure to make any difference. I use Redding Taper Crimp Dies for plated bullets with .32 Long, .38 Spl., .357 Mag, .41 mag, .44 Spl. & Mag, and .45 Colt.

 

[the pistolero]

Good experience here with Berry's 180-grain 10mm bullets. I discovered a pretty good plinking load with 12.1 grains of Accurate No. 9, 1.260" OAL and a regular CCI LP primer, good for about 1150-1160 fps out of my Kimber Stainless Target II.

 

[ReloaderFred]

I've fired literally thousands of Berry's plated bullets in 9x19, 9x21, .38 Special, .38 super, 357 Sig, .40 S&W, 10mm, .400 Cor-Bon, .45 acp and 45-70. I also use their lead 128 grain RNFP for my .38 spl. Cowboy loads. They are a great bullet, as long as they're used for their intended purpose and within the parameters set for them.

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[cherryriver]

I've probably used 20,000 Berry's .357/158s. There's really no other good choice for competition like USPSA or IDPA- they go into the chambers faster than any other bullet I've tried.
You won't be spending a lot of time cleaning the barrel, either.
You can get Berry's direct from the factory and with shipping factored in, it sometimes is the least expensive way to get them. Fast, too.
I also use their 147gr 9mms. They run excellently in both the Colt and Glock.
Too bad the prices have followed the market; the 158s will run you about 9 cents now, to your door. A couple of years ago, they were less than a nickel.
In .45, I think I prefer the Rainiers, but I can't say why.
If you like light-bullet .45 loads, though, Berry's 185gr round-nose hollow-base is a good one. About 4.8gr of WST will just make the gun run and feels like a .32.
Bill

 

[jmorris]

Many in our local idpa and uspsa clubs use them for 45,40,9mm (not major) as a dealer I order about 70,000 a year and the only problems I've seen are they don't like being pushed to fast (1100 fps is about max) and they don't like AET barrels (if you don't know what that means, you don't have one, and are ok.)

 

[BAT1]

Berry's

I used about 500 so far in my .45, and they shoot great. 250 for the price of 100 is great too.

 

[Spartacus451]

I prefer poly coated masterblaster bullets which are significantly cheaper. The berries are good, not bullseye good, but good enough for the action games I play. They are incredibly clean in terms of smoke, but no cleaner in the barrel then poly.