Options for 62 grain reloading bullets?

[RedRallyeZ]

They sold out of those nasty things?? Looks like the scare of the ATF ban got their inventory clean up.

I'd definitely prefer a non-penetrator bullet if you can find it.

As do I, but before these suggestions I had really never been able to find many. I appreciate all the suggestions. I had always wondered why someone like Hornady had never just made a 62 grain version of their ubiquitous 55 grain bulk pack.

I figured I've got to find a new bullet anyway, and if none of these 62's work out, I can always fall back to the Hornady 55's.

[markm]

Yeah. It's strange. CBC/Magtec loaded 62 gr FMJ in their .223 line, but you don't often find a 62 gr FMJ for hand loading.

[RedRallyeZ]

Yeah. It's strange. CBC/Magtec loaded 62 gr FMJ in their .223 line, but you don't often find a 62 gr FMJ for hand loading.

Is there some reason I'm missing for why that is? It seems like there is a market opportunity for Hornady/Remington/Winchester to make a cheap 62 in bulk. With the prevalence of 1:7 twist barrels and the popularity of m855, it seems like a no brainier

[markm]

I agree. If they were cheap, I'd run them. Sometimes when you just want to go out an blast, slinging 77/75 gr bullets can be a little painful.

[TXBK]

Wideners had a bunch of SS109s no?

Yeah, it was 5k for $625. There was a gentleman around here selling 62 gr. Fusion pulls for a decent price, if I remember correctly.

[Tinn-Can]

Isn't the BC and length of the steel core quite a bit different than standard lead core stuff and loads would be completely different anyways?

[markm]

Good God. Wideners email blast stated they're several days behind due to the tard panic run on M855. At least they'll clean up all that SS109 bullet inventory that nobody "needed" a week ago.

[markm]

Isn't the BC and length of the steel core quite a bit different than standard lead core stuff and loads would be completely different anyways?

Probably a bit different. But inside of 200 yards you could likely dial it in pretty close. Outside of that range, you should be shooting 69 or heavier in my opinion.

[Gunnar da Wolf]

I seem to remember someone (Hornady?) producing a 62gr fmj lead core @ 30 years ago that was fairly accurate. But not popular because everyone had to have the SS109 not some cheap pretender. If memory serves they weren't offered for more than a couple of years.

I may give the Prvi bullets a try just because.

[m4fun]

I had pretty good luck with the Priv bullets - 62gr FMJ. Used Ramshot TAC with Wolf primers, dont have my recipe book in front of me but decent(i.e. not bad).