So tonight I was excitedly getting ready to take my 260 Hospitaller for our first trip to the range. Just received my modified case to check proper ogive and COAL, and had also received some Lapua brass, along with 140 Berger and A-max projectiles.
All seemed perfect until I opened the first box of the 140 A-max' that just arrived from Midway USA and right off the bat I noticed a real oddity--one of the projectiles appeared slightly larger--
Like twice as large, both in diameter (.264 vs .457) and twice the weight, 300gr vs 140gr. Yepper, you got it, somehow a 45 cal, 300 grain soft point slug (looks like a leverlution for a 45/70) found its way into my new sealed box and inner bag of A-max's.
Worst of all, I got shorted two 6.5 pills. My nice new box only had 98 of the 140's and then the one 300--assuming automated system fills by weight. This was an easy one to spot--jumps right out at you, some might not. Good example why it's good to inspect and compare your components.
All seemed perfect until I opened the first box of the 140 A-max' that just arrived from Midway USA and right off the bat I noticed a real oddity--one of the projectiles appeared slightly larger--
Like twice as large, both in diameter (.264 vs .457) and twice the weight, 300gr vs 140gr. Yepper, you got it, somehow a 45 cal, 300 grain soft point slug (looks like a leverlution for a 45/70) found its way into my new sealed box and inner bag of A-max's.
Worst of all, I got shorted two 6.5 pills. My nice new box only had 98 of the 140's and then the one 300--assuming automated system fills by weight. This was an easy one to spot--jumps right out at you, some might not. Good example why it's good to inspect and compare your components.
