Bullet Corp Review - Part 3

After being busy with Northern Nationals and finding my feet again I finally found some time to do more load development.

3 things first…

1.     The loads discussed here are my loads, do not just copy them. Do a proper load development and follow safe reloading practises. These bullets require more flare and do not like to be over crimped! Somchem S121 Batch 43 was used for all these loads.

2.     These days I rather work on volume than weight when powder charging…yes I know the weight but I reference the Auto Disc Volume for load development. You should still weigh your charges!

3.    My shooting sucks at the moment. My groupings are not what they have to be. I have not been shooting enough this year but this will be rectified soon as I have re-joined Golden City…

Bullet Corp recently sent me more samples to test. Since their product first came to the market they have been hard at work making improvements. New casting equipment, a better sizing process and new moulds are a few of the improvements they have made.

I like that! Shows me they are in this for the long run and care about their product.

All of my previous tests were done with their 147gr bullets. You might recall I had a few tumblers.

I am glad to report that the issue has been sorted. Their new 147gr shoots straight and true. I think the issue was a few undersized bullets found their way into my batch…

I kept my powder charge (Lee Auto Disc 34 of S121/Batch43) and cartridge overall length (27.5mm) the same as my CMJ load and shot 10 over the chrony. Speeds measured were much the same as the previous loads giving me an average of 886ft/s out of my Sig Sp2022 (3.7inch barrel length).

I then stepped back to the 15m line and tried to shoot a grouping of 10 rounds, these all hit more or less where I was aiming…refer to point 3 above…but more importantly there was no sign of tumbling. They all made nice clean holes in the target.

I thought I found my new bullet of choice but then I shot the 124gr…

Now these round nose bullets look like a winner. I chronied 2 loads and found the following, all shot with the Sig again.

Disc .37 gave me an average of 946ft/s. The gun functioned and had no issues. The load will not factor for sport shooting but for range use it could work.

Disc .40 gave me an average of 1003ft/s; again the gun functioned with no issues. This load will also not factor so a slight increase will be needed but again for range use this would be a great load.

But more importantly these shoot like a dream. I was expecting more muzzle flip with the Sig but they shot very flat. Can’t wait to shoot this load out of my Shadow. It will factor in that gun and should be a very pleasant load out of the heavier gun.

I might just change from 147’s to these...

Bullet Corp also sent me some 115gr bullets. Now I am not the biggest fan of 115’s as I find them snappy and difficult to factor out of different guns. But that’s just my opinion and we all know what they say about opinions…

I loaded 2 loads of this using disc .40 and .43. Both loads functioned in the gun. To reach power factor you would need to up the charge, AGAIN first do some personal load development. Don’t do a guess job and up the load.

Both the 124gr and 115gr bullets had a cartridge overall length of 28mm.

It is great that we have a company like Bullet Corp here that offers us a choice in bullet weights; I also know that more choices for 9mmp are on the way.

Plus the colour options available are fantastic. I liked the Kryptonite Green but after loading those Candy Apple Red 124’s ...

I see a lot of Candy Apple Red 124gr bullets in my future!

Great job Bullet Corp! You have my thumbs up!

Ps. You would have noticed some Silver Rapids in the photos. I won 500 of these at NN2019 and since I got them I also did a load for them. They shot and measured almost the same as the Bullet Corp 124’s. Since I got them I might as well load them up and shoot them, and get some much needed practice.