Who has used factory blems?

[Prebanpaul]

Midway has a crazy deal on some factory blems. It looks like they are 338 285 grain eld-m, I am just wondering if anyone has ever tried them.

 

[Bandit320]

I’ve not used those, but have shot 140gr. RDF blems. Shoot just fine, right around .75” at 100yds.

Mike

 

[Liberator52]

Haven't used the 338s, but the ones I've used were very good. Chuck

 

[DRichardson]

I've had hit or miss luck with factory blems, as you would expect. 6.5 nosler rdf's worked great, the 6mm rdf's not so much. And 6.5 Hornady 123 eldm's from midsouth shot great.

 

[GIXXER2000]

I shoot Blem 300 smk .338 and 175 smk .30 and Nosler 140, 6.5 cm with out issue. From what i could tell it was just jacket discoloration was the reason they were Blem's

 

[spife7980]

I’ve had decent luck with all of my blem bullets. I can’t tell how they differ from the normal.

(Remember, just because your particular barrel doesn’t like a particular bullet doesn’t mean that the bullet is bad)

 

[oldfatguy]

Nosler 308 168 blems shot just as well as 168 SMKs for me.

OFG

 

[Bonjourjr]

I used Sierra 77smk and 80smk seconds the first 3 years shooting high power and they shot fine. Bought those bad boys by the pound!!

 

[Juggerxxx]

I started ordering 285gr ELD blems whenever I can. I cannot tell a difference other than the box they come in and the color of the copper jacket. They measure and shoot just as good for me for the batches I have gotten them in over the last couple of years. Keep an eye on the price as it will fluctuate widely on them from midway. The price will hold steady for a while then jump up and drop even lower then ever. This is all assuming they are not selling as fast as midway would like.