looking4reloadingdeals Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I placed a couple orders for a couple cases with Blue over the past few months while I worked through the remaining bullets I had. I had shot ~1000 about a year ago, but they were RN and needed to be loaded too short for my S2, so I went with FP instead. I know so many people use them without issue, and I didnt have any issues with the ones I shot so I placed orders for 4 cases. I finally got through my remaining bullets and went to start loading some of the Blues today and found that tons of my bullets had the coating starting to chip off and that I could easily chip small portions of the coating off with my finger nail. Both near the bevel base, and at the FP edge. There were a few that even chipped off at the bearing surface. I checked 4 different batch numbers and to a certain degree all batches had that issue. I had also ordered 200gr 40 and those bullets did not have that problem in ~1500 bullets. So, is this a common thing with Blues and the rest of the coating is strong enough that people dont get leading? or did I just happen a couple bad batches of bullets? That could be understandable during these crazy times with how many bullets their moving. I plan to reach out to BB depending on the response here. If its common I wont waste my time, but if not Ill send them an email. Any input is appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RangerTrace Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I think that is normal for coated bullets. I opened a box of BBI yesterday and there are some random silver spots. I assume it's from rubbing together during shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoRecon Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I had that happen with Eggleston brand...they didn't cure properly and they offered to replace them...I shot them anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMB Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 With increase in sales across the board QC was bound to get a little overwhelmed. I'm sure if you contact them they will make it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
looking4reloadingdeals Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 24 minutes ago, GMB said: With increase in sales across the board QC was bound to get a little overwhelmed. I'm sure if you contact them they will make it right. Thanks GMB, I totally understand that. They’re pumping out so many bullets and trying to keep everyone happy its not surprising. Probably cutting time off curing or something to decrease production time. But this is not normal for their Bullets then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edison Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 3 hours ago, looking4reloadingdeals said: Thanks GMB, I totally understand that. They’re pumping out so many bullets and trying to keep everyone happy its not surprising. Probably cutting time off curing or something to decrease production time. But this is not normal for their Bullets then? I don't think the bare lead area are typical for blue bullets; i'd still shoot them anyways. I've loaded their 115rn, 147rn, & 147tc last year & I didn't see any chippings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edison Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I just tried to scratch the blue bullets I have with my finger nail; no scratch, no dent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
looking4reloadingdeals Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 I’m sending an email this afternoon. Just for kicks I opened one more box today and it was fine. I’ll report back with what they say when I hear back from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
looking4reloadingdeals Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Blue seems unconcerned with the issue. I will start loading some up and see what the results are. As long as there isn’t excessive leading I’ll be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teros135 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 59 minutes ago, looking4reloadingdeals said: Blue seems unconcerned with the issue. I will start loading some up and see what the results are. As long as there isn’t excessive leading I’ll be happy. Blue Bullets seems to have taken the time to assess your situation and respond. They said to go ahead and use certain ones and to pitch others, and they said why. I wouldn't think of their response as "unconcerned". Stuff happens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
looking4reloadingdeals Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 6 hours ago, teros135 said: Blue Bullets seems to have taken the time to assess your situation and respond. They said to go ahead and use certain ones and to pitch others, and they said why. I wouldn't think of their response as "unconcerned". Stuff happens... sorry, that may have been the wrong way to word it. I meant they weren’t concerned with the bullets condition, as in they don’t see it as a problem. I do appreciate them taking the time to respond and let me know what they thought especially when I know how busy they are right now. I have no problem if this is just something that happens to this profile, which is what I was wondering. I wanted to make sure it wasn’t a manufacturing defect that they were unaware of and that I was going to have problems with. I just might take that into account and choose a different profile next time I order. I’m slightly upset my Bullets have exposed lead on them, but if they say they are good to load and I shouldn’t get leading then I’m fine with that. That’s all I was trying to determine. Hope that all makes more sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teros135 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 No problem. I shoot thousands of the 147 FPs and have never noticed chips in the coating. Either way, at Minor velocities I'm not going to worry about leading. Happy shooting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
looking4reloadingdeals Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 4 hours ago, teros135 said: No problem. I shoot thousands of the 147 FPs and have never noticed chips in the coating. Either way, at Minor velocities I'm not going to worry about leading. Happy shooting! Thanks teros. Again it might boil down to pushing too many bullets out the door, and hopefully by the time I need to order more all this crap is over. Wont stop me from ordering more, I was just wondering if it was common or not because I know some profiles are harder to produce than others and I could always get my barrel reamed to accept longer RN bullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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