Blue tips on .17 HMR ammo?

[danebrewer10 6]

Is it true that the blue tips on the .17 HMR hornady rounds are surplus .17HM2 bullets? cau'se I though the hornady ones had red tips?

[markbivvy 6]

Is it true that the blue tips on the .17 HMR hornady rounds are surplus .17HM2 bullets? cau'se I though the hornady ones had red tips?

 

the 17 hmr MK11 has not taken of as well as it was predicted.

so the blue tips are being put into the MK1 ammo.

[Lez325 2]

I have 4 x boxes of the blue tipped HMR and they perform the same as the Hornady's red tips same velocity same poi

 

Les

[arveyboy 0]

i bought some yesterday. £4 cheaper than the rest of the stuff and they shoot consistently sub 1/2 MOA so they'll do for me

[elvolcan 0]

they shoot consistently sub 1/2 MOA so they'll do for me

mine too

 

easy

[quicksilver 0]

i havent found any problems with them and bought 500. they work well on the rabbits

[Deker 3,478]

I think this one has been round before...I've just bought 1000 of them at the "old" price to beat the increase and not fired one yet, still usieng up the red tips...but the labels are different.....hope they shoot as well!!

 

The MkII tale sounds favourite to me, the RFD I got mine from told me they just mixed the pigment colour wrong

[quicksilver 0]

it wasnt that RFD that was saying that you needed to allow for the curvature of the earth when shooting a hmr

[THE POACHER 13]

if you dont mind me asking what are you lads paying for a box of 50 rds

[lgray88 4]

i pay £11.75 for winnie 20 grainers i think the 17grainers are £12.50. and those bluetips where a £10 for 50

[arveyboy 0]

ive used an assortment including Remington, CCI, Federal and Hornady and the Hornady blue tips were by far the cheapest. £8. for 50 compared to £12.75 for most of the other brands. At one point i had to pay £15 a box which i really wasnt happy with. bloody expensive but they needed buying

[THE POACHER 13]

i thought the blue tips were about the cheapest but to my astonishment i payed 15 quid a box of 50 so god knows what the price of the red tips were and this was from neath gun shop so if theres any local lads on here who use them i wouldnt reccomend you go to this shop really expensive ill go else where next time this was the first and surely it was the last

[quicksilver 0]

I paid £88 / 500 which equates to £8. /50, the most I have paid for them is £10,

[Deker 3,478]

I don't get this.....I just paid £220 for 1000 Blue tips and that was a good deal my way.

 

Just found some "old" Remington in a RFD and got all he had (200) for £40 a cracking deal.

 

I had always been able to get reasonable deals in my area but it seems just about everywhere else is doing better now!!

 

latest price I have seen on Hornady is £18 for 50

[markbivvy 6]

I don't get this.....I just paid £220 for 1000 Blue tips and that was a good deal my way.

 

Just found some "old" Remington in a RFD and got all he had (200) for £40 a cracking deal.

 

I had always been able to get reasonable deals in my area but it seems just about everywhere else is doing better now!!

 

latest price I have seen on Hornady is £18 for 50

at that price they can shove em, cheaper to use the hornet.