Winchester Ballistic Silvertips

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13 years 2 months ago #9686 by 1LTChap
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Anyone familiar with the 308 Winchester Ballistic Silvertip 168 gr ammo? I have a box. Is case steel?

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13 years 2 months ago #9690 by mlotziii
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It is brass but nickel plated. The nickel plating helps with corrosion resistance.

I LOVE the Ballistic Silvertips. My AR-10(T) shoots under 1/2 MOA with them at 200 yards.

I really like the moly coating and for factory ammo it really does the trick in my rifle. I tested just about everything that came in a box and was surprised that it would out shoot Black Hills BTHP
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13 years 2 months ago #9699 by Deenerman
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I just finished up a box of these shells ......they are fantastic in my opinion.....They have been my main hunting round for the past several years.....I have a 150 & a 140 class trophy buck I am looking at right now in my office thanks to these bullets. Not to mention a nice black wild bore that I popped over thanksgiving. I do not reload......I thought the shell case's were polished metal.....not steel......they are expensive ammo.....but.....worth it!!
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13 years 2 months ago #9704 by 1LTChap
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Many thanks for the info. I got suckered into buying a box of Hornady Steel Match rounds and only after buying them contacted Armalite tech to inquire about using steel cased ammo. Read one of the stories here about jamming, and since this is a virgin rifle, didn't want to do anything lastingly stupid. Tech pretty much said, steel is hard, brass is softer. Do what you want. You're on your own. Thus the trepidation about the Winchesters. I've used the nickel plated Remington Premium Safari loads in my Weatherbys with good results.

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13 years 1 month ago - 13 years 1 month ago #10538 by mlotziii
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They are my favorite round. I can't say enough good things about them. I head shot a fox at 384 yards with it and toasted this groundhog at 110 yards.

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I also brought down a really nice 10-pointer on the run at 90 yards. It fell after 1 stride.

I can honestly say I've never had a misfeed, and hit everything I've aimed at.

Going to test them at some longer ranges here soon.
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13 years 1 month ago #10539 by mlotziii
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Stock up on Ballistic Silvertips!

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