Pulldown bullets in 270? Wonder what the story is?

[Elkins45]

TJ Conevera has some 130gr SP and 150gr flat point pulled 270 bullets listed on their website. I wonder what the backstory on those might be? I understand seeing pulldown 30 and 22 bullets from outdated military ammo but I've never seen pulldowns in 270 before.

My impression was that 6.8 SPC is only loaded with lighter bullets. Plus, these aren't military because they are clearly expanding sporting bullets.

Maybe a manufacturer had a bad lot of powder or incorrect charge weights so they tried to salvage the bullets and brass? Just curious...

 

[KansasSasquatch]

My guess is that your guess is correct. I can't see any reason why a company would pulldown large rifle rounds unless they discovered a bad lot of ammo. Only other possibility I see is that a small business got a really good deal on a big lot of ammo and pulled it to sell the primed brass and bullets seperate. I don't think that's a common practice but you can find some places that sell primed brass, so it could happen.

 

[gamestalker]

I agree, that is rather odd to see bullets of that caliber offered as pull downs? But I think you may have nailed a possible reason for it.

GS

 

[68wj]

Rocky Mountain Reloading has/had these too, and he is a member here. Maybe he can chime in. I considered getting some just for experimental reasons for my 6.8 SPC, but decided it was a futile endeavor.

 

[savanahsdad]

it is flood season, maybe a few cases or pallets were near the Mississippi river ? or the RedRiver, or many other rivers that have gone over ther banks this year , that would be a good reason to pull bullets, do they have any other cals. ?

 

[Swampman]

I've purchased and used both commercial and military pulls for years without any problems.
I have no actual knowledge of why commercial ammo producers pull their loaded ammo, but it's not a rare occurence. RMR and several other online retailers usually manage to keep a working stock.
I've had excellent luck dealing with RMR in particular.
http://www.shop.rmrbullets.com/main.sc

 

[longdayjake]

Jake from rmrbullets.com here. I sell a lot of these same pulled bullets. Usually I have a lot bigger selection but as you can imagine, there is a very limited supply and things sell out fast these days. Anyway, I'm bound by non-disclosure agreements on some stuff, but I will tell you what I can. Most of commercial bullets that get pulled have nothing to do with the bullet itself. Manufacturers have no way of knowing if a lot of primers is going to be bad until they load up a bunch and shoot them. So, they load up a "batch" of ammo (usually 100k or more) and then they do batch testing. If something happens with that batch (bad primers, split necks, bad SD, etc.) then the entire run is pulled.