Delta66 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Does anyone else use blue bullets? I picked up a trial pack of the 124gr round nose and the coating is spotty. There are some bullets that I can see shiny spots of lead on as well as some that have chunks that flake off. The chunks would throw the bullet out of round if not scraped off. Is this normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al503 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 No. I use their 9mm and .40 and the coating is very consistent on all of them. I'd take a pic and send them an email. They've always been very responsive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoRecon Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I've seen the same problem on another brand. The maker believes some sort of contamination prevented the coating from bonding correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishii Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I've shot thousands of them, and never noticed that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef15 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Never seen chunks. Have seen the coating look like orange peel and have some small spots of lead show through, didn't hurt anything. Your report is definitely not their normal quality. Call them. Nice folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustygun Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I also have loaded and shot thousands of them with nothing like you have described. Have you contacted them and asked if they can be returned or replaced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I shot a good 12,000+ Blue Bullets over the past 18 months and saw a serious drop in coating quality. I switched to SNS which seems to be much more consistent in the coating and I like the .356" diameter better, or should I say my guns like the .356" diameter a LOT better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishsticks Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I shot a good 12,000+ Blue Bullets over the past 18 months and saw a serious drop in coating quality. I switched to SNS which seems to be much more consistent in the coating and I like the .356" diameter better, or should I say my guns like the .356" diameter a LOT better Unfortunately my experience with Blue Bullets paralleled zhunter. I had used a bunch in 9mm, and then started seeing more variability than I was used to. Not so with SNS, Leatherhead and Bayou in my experience. All of those brands have been very consistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta66 Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Good to know everyone. I was just testing them out so I'll try something else. SNS looks promising and ACME are made in my state so maybe I'll give them a try too. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrmblr Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Bayou and Ibejiheads are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oteroman Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Call Blue Bullets!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Give them an Opportunity To Please you. If there end is week give the company a chance to make it right. If you you were in business and QC fell short for whatever reason would you want a customer to tell you and ask to correct it? HELL YES, it the American way. Not jump ship and run to another vendor. I have been using Blue for a very long time no issues. FYI this company sponsors a ton of events, they are the real deal. Carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastly Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I'm more impressed when a vendor gets it right the first time. Relying on customers to report issues that should be obvious before shipment - is this the American way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta66 Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Or I'll do the other American thing and spend my money on products that have proper quality controls. Hooray for capitalism! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmella Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I will reiterate that I've never had an issue like you're describing. Also Blue Bullets have always been really fast to respond to my emails. Id give them a call and a chance to make right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techj Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I use Blue Bullets and go through about 15,000 of the 9's (125gr RN) and 6,000 45's (230gr RNFP) a year and haven't had any problems yet. Definitely call them. FWIW I load with a Hornady bullet feeder and don't get much smurf dust as the loose powder rubs off in the collator...but I've never seen any exposed lead. I load my 38/357 158gr SWC with Bayou's (need to crimp into the cannelure which Blue doesn't have) and have a number in my last batch that don't have a consistent coating - lead visible especially around the cannelure - but nothing that causes a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I've had great success with Blue's and have been using them about a year and a half now. I can understand expecting good quality controls, I do too. Sometimes in the real world things go wrong. Even if you stop using their product you should let them know what happened. Give them the chance to not only make it right but figure out what went wrong and how to keep it from happening in the future. My thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superpipe9 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I agree with the other guys, email them and give them a chance to see what's up. I'm on my 3rd case this year and they are great Bullets. Also they have been the most accurate out of my cz and I've tried all the others. They are great people and I'm sure they will take care of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narcop Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I have used Blue Bullets for years and never had an issue. I agree with the majority. If they had a bad batch sneak through QC, they deserve a chance to make it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narcop Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I have used Blue Bullets for years and never had an issue. I agree with the majority. If they had a bad batch sneak through QC, they deserve a chance to make it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billdozer Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Did they shoot consistent velocity and accurately? Without smoke or leading? I wouldn't worry about if the did. I would certainly give blue bullets a chance to rectify it if they don't perform to your expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I will reiterate that I've never had an issue like you're describing. Also Blue Bullets have always been really fast to respond to my emails. Id give them a call and a chance to make right. I would think they can see the coating difference from 18 months ago to when I got my last batch (7,200) that were no where near the same quality. It was easy to see. The folks at Blue Bullets are great, fantastic customer service, but I decided to try something else and they were better for me (.356") and the coatings were much more uniform. My guns just shoot .356's noticibly better so the drop in quality was not an issue as I was changing brands anyway. But yes, if I was going to want to continue to shoot Blue Bullets I would have contacted them. I'm currently selling off my last three boxes of 1200 125 RN for $75 if interested, that is not shipped. FTF in South Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathandewalt Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Hey guys. I am sorry to hear that some of your experiences were less than expected with our products. I can guarantee you that you are the exception and not the rule. We are very careful about what we produce and distribute. That's not to say that mistakes may not be made but if we don't know about it we can't make it right for the customer. Bottom line is that like any other person or business mistakes will be made but if we don't know about it we can't make it right to the customer. Please send me an email anytime if you have questions. (thebluebullets@gmail.com). I answer them pretty much anytime I'm awake. Thanks Nathan The Blue Bullets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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