jtrump Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Having some issues here... Love the bullet coating, accuracy, price and the lack of smoke....however, If I MIC the bullets the very base vary from .401 as advertised all the way to .404, literally you couldn't get some of them to go half way in the case gauge. They leave a strange coke bottle shape on one side of the shell casing, and if you rotate it 180 degrees it's perfectly straight.. Had my smith come over and look at my press, everything checks out... We ran some of his Precision Black bullets through there with no issue, cause gauged and plunk tested just fine... yet probably 1/2 of my bayou bullets stick 1/2 way out of the barrel on a plunk test. anyone else has this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertbank Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Have you got hold of Donnie Miculuk yet? He probably is the best person to solve your problem. Take Care Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtrump Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 I talked to a friend and local shooter, he Gave me the same name... I'm going to give Donnie a call tomorrow.. All I can think if maybe I got a bad batch of bullets that have more coating on them around the base or something. I still want to shoot this bullet, But I just want to know that when I spend the time reloading it's not in vein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtrump Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) Just wanted to take a few pics and show what I'm talking about how the bulge is only on on side.. It's very odd notice the opposite side is perfectly straight. This one MIC'D at .402.5 still woulden't go on the plunk test or case gauge. Edited February 23, 2016 by jtrump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olemiss Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I had the same problem. I have used a lot of the 180 g Bayou .40 bullets and never had a problem. However, the last batch of 1000 I had about 10 that would not chamber because they were way oversized. They were sized to .402 instead of .401 except for the ones that would not chamber. I pulled them and they were .403. I am loading long (1.225 in ) so they were on the edge of chambering, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandbagger123 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 from my understanding of how the process works they size the bullet after coating. perhaps these did not get resized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtrump Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Yea I'm not sure, but If I can shoot a ragged hole at 25 yards with this bullet and my load I want to keep it... Going to give Donnie a call today and see if I can get some answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFLcavediver Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Let us know what he says, I was just going to order a case of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsa Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Donnie is no longer the owner of Bayou Bullets. I believe he sold it to one of his former employees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickb45 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Dennis is the guy you will probably get on the phone when you call. He should be able to help you out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSCaster2 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Sounds like they were sized through a worn out die. Dies will wear out faster when running coated bullets through them as opposed to the wax lubed bullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intel6 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 You will need to talk with Dennis. The last time I ordered bullets he said he was taking over the bullets side of the business and Donnie was going to work selling of the coating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtrump Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 I just got off the phone with Dennis, He wanted to know the problem and I explained, I got an email while on the phone with him.. He had already printed the shipping label to send me 5000 more 180g bullets, and He said he would size then to .400 for me and have them out today. I call that pretty damn good customer service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterlingSomeone Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Wow. That is great customer service. I was planning on ordering a case of the 180gr ones tonight from Bayou. I guess I will wait to see how this goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcc7x7 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Dennis is on it, just like Donnie was. Great bullets even better people to deal with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOF Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Another BIG +1 for Dennis at Bayou. I recently shifted to Bayou and Dennis is a great guy to talk too, and he delivers what he says he will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mont1120 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Now that is customer service, I call tell you right now there are some other companies who would ignore you flat out, so good for Bayou..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akkid17 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I'm having the same issues with the 155 RN as far as them bulging on one side and not case gauging at the very end but I can push a little bit and they fit. But they all chamber and have great accuracy. I was just gonna let it ride. But I may toss a call to bayou about it if it's a persistent issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtrump Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 From what Dennis told me, there has been a significant change over in personnel, I'm still finding the new bullets they sent me are still not symmetrical, one side of the bullets have more coating on them then the other, which is odd because they size them to .400/.401 after putting the coating on. I found that by asking for the bullets in .400 I get far less failures to gauge and much less one lop sided bulge in the case. my gun doesn't seem to mind either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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