Montana Gold Bullets

[NikatKimber]

Well, met Wizard tonight and picked up my Montana Gold bullets. Wizard was telling me that he weighed some of the 9mm bullets and they were very consistent, so I took 50 each of the 124 gr CMJ 9mm and 55 gr FMJBT .223 bullets and put them on the scale one at a time. Here's the results:

9mm
Average 123.466 gr
Max 123.8 gr
Min 123.2 gr
Mode 123.4 gr

.223
Average 54.892 gr
Max 55.0 gr
Min 54.8 gr
Mode 54.9 gr

I was very impressed, especially considering the price for these, 7.3 cents / bullet for the 9mm and 7.7 cents / bullet for the .223.

 

[Glocktogo]

As far as pistol bullets go, I've only found two that were more accurate than MG's, Nosler & Hornady XTP's. Neither of those two offer enough extra accuracy to justify the premium they command over MG's.

 

[Southrange61]

I've got some Montana Gold .223 that I've miced and weighed and found to be highly consistent. Sorry I didn't write down the numbers at the time, but they were so close and consistent that I just shrugged and thought "These are great bullets" and went on.

MG seems to have their processes together for making a fine product.

 

[NikatKimber]

I only wrote them down since Wizard had mentioned how close they were, so I wanted to actually record it and see the numbers. I loaded 20 of them this morning, I'll shoot them today and see how they do compared to some Sierra GameKing 55gr FMJ BT bullets that I had laying around.

 

[SDarkRage]

I loaded 100 of the 124gr 9mm's last night and shot them today at H&H. They sure load easier than lead ones. These shot great with 4.1grs of Titegroup behind them.

Thanks again Wiz for getting all this together for us.

 

[NikatKimber]

I need to shoot some 9mms now. I shot 20 of the .223 today along with some other bullets I had. I was shooting at 50yds with my AR with a 3-9x scope slapped on it. I wasn't impressed with the scope or my shooting, I couldn't group anything. Guess that means I'm gonna have to shoot some more...

 

[the tR]

iam still trying to set up but getting closer every day, and thanks for letting me join in the group buy...

 

[Wizard]

Hey im glad to hear the ones u ended up with were as close as the random handful I grabbed.

 

[tul9033]

What OAL are you guys using on the 124gr? I'm using 4.2gr of Titegroup with a 1.13 OAL with the 124gr CMJ.
Thinking about getting some 147gr CMJ's for IDPA, but need to find a good OAL with the flat nose.

 

[Glocktogo]

Tams72 is currently running the 147CMJ at 1.125 OAL. It works fine in her M&P Pro, but doesn't work in my suppressed G-17. That may be due to the powder charge rather than the OAL though.