[Sevens]

G E N E R A L L Y speaking, Berry's plated bullets are going to get to you cheaper than most jacketed bullets anywhere on earth. They don't beat jacketed by a lot, but they typically beat 'em in price to your door, depending on where you buy your Berry's bullets.

Roze Distributing (Zero bullets) and Precision Delta are the two exceptions.

Roze is sold out constantly, and new stock appears quickly and without warning and disappears even more quickly than it appeared in the first place. The bullets are great, the prices are terrific. Don't expect Nosler or Hornady XTP out of these, but they are true jacketed and they run.

Precision Delta is also a helluva deal. Their bullets aren't really pretty and you need to order a mix & match minimum of 2,000 bullets to even get in the ballgame. Also, if you want jacketed from P-D, you choose from 9mm, some .40 or some .45. There's no other sizes. And their customer service might leave you wanting a bit... they run out of stock without warning and your order will be held or arrive with half of it -- sometimes they let you in on it, sometimes it takes them a bit. Their selection in jacketed is slim and you better be sure you want it if you are buying a minimum of two THOUSAND of them.

If they have what you want and it's in stock, either Roze or P-D is a phenomenal deal in jacketed.

Back to reality for a minute... if you compare every other true jacketed bullet out there, save maybe for some of the Montana Gold (not as cheap as Roze or P-D) then the prices are much higher than Berry's almost no matter where you get them. Winchester bulk, Hornady, Remington, even the new bulk Magtech? All of this stuff is more expensive than Berry's.

Berry's also offers .32 cal and .380 specific bullets, and my favorite, their .30 Carbine slug, rated to 1,900 FPS. You can't beat those by buying jacketed.

Berry's will cost you more if you pick them up in Cabela's -- but still cheaper than any jacketed bullet you will find in that same Cabela's.

Make no mistake, plated bullets are NOT jacketed and if you expect jacketed, you'll lose. Instead, expect a cast lead bullet substitute that won't lead your barrel due to the sized diameter or the BHN hardness or the load you concocted. Also, expect a bullet that any/every range will let you shoot indoors while your cast lead bullet handloads are told to go back to the trunk of your car.

Me, I shoot a bunch of cast lead. I shoot it in nice weather when I'm outdoors. In the crappy weather when I'm on an indoor range, it's all plated and jacketed for me, and Berry's makes up the bulk of that.

Also, Berry's is all I shoot out of my .30 Carb Blackhawk.