Hornady 7mm 139gr Interlock moly bullets for $65 for 500?

[Jason]

I ran across these bullets listed on the Midsouth Shooters Supply website today.

7mm .284 Dia 139 Grain Big Game Poly Tip Moly 500 Count
http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/i ... 028528204B


It occurred to me that I don't know of any manufacturer producing moly-coated bullets in that diameter/weight, so I got curious. After searching around a bit to confirm my suspicions, it looks like those things have to be the 139gr Hornady Interlock SST bullets.

http://www.hornady.com/store/7mm-.284-139-gr-SST/

If anyone is shooting a 7mm and is interested, those are a steal at $13 per 100, especially if you shoot moly bullets.

[DanDeMan]

Jason,

I just received 1,000 of the Hornady bullets. They are the 139-gr SST's. The moly coating was dirty so I tumbled them for 45 minutes in an RCBS Sidewinder with old corncob media used for polishing moly-coated bullets. They came out nice and shinny with no moly coming off on the hands any more. That step is part of my old moly-coating process.

With shipping, the cost per 100 was $15.40. The load, in the soon to land 7-04, should be about 24.0 grs of H4198 Extreme, which should push the bullets out the muzzle at about 2,250 fps. Recoil for that load should be about 5.7 ft-lbs. Wind deflection at the turkey line in a 10 mph cross wind should be about 4.2 MOA, or 18.6".

[Jason]

Great to hear that someone here got that many of them. I noticed that they were suddenly out of stock soon after I posted the link here.

[Trent]

They've had those things for a long time. This shortage (aka Buying Frenzy) must have finally created a demand for them. I love the 139gr SST. It's a thumper. The 154gr SST whacks Rams pretty good too.