Sierra Bullets

[wheelguner]

As I often do I visit the 6mmBR site after I check out what's new on this site. There is an article about Sierra Bullets offering tours of their Sedalia, MO factory. What REALLY caught my eye was the seconds listing:

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2013/06/sierra-bullets-offers-factory-outlet-sales-and-factory-tours/

If you live within driving distance you can pick up these seconds, unfortunately they do not ship them. I have never used their seconds but if they are anything like the Nosler seconds they should shoot just as well as their normal offerings.

I am bummed because I shoot a LOT of their 20cal 32gr BK's in my 204 Rugers.

[VASCAR2]

I was at the Sierra factory last month and took the tour which is very interesting. Sierra is back ordered on about all their products and are running at full capacity 3 shifts per day. They said how many bullets they made per shift and if I remember correctly it was over a million. Either way they go to great lengths to supply a quality product using virgin materials.

The friend I went to Sedalia with had been to the factory outlet store many times. Unfortunately the Factory was sold out of most of their products which we had planned on purchasing. I was able to buy some 6.5/264 bullets but .224 and 7.62 had very few styles available. I managed to get .224 69 grain Sierra Match Kings and 50 grain Blitz. They were not selling any pistol bullets I had intended to buy.

The factory outlet sells bullets by the pound but they are marked not for resale. From the few bullets I bought and the past experience of my friend these factory bullets are still more than accurate enough for me. I would say that the Sierra seconds are comparable in quality to the factory seconds from Nosler's which I've purchased.