Originally Posted by TheKid
Originally Posted by Whttail_in_MT
Is packing material common in bulk bullet boxes? I don't recall seeing anything like that in smaller quantity boxes.

This era Speers had a sheet of foam about 3/8” thick that was on top of the bullets, to stop rattling I guess? All 4 of the boxes I had the foam had melted to some of the bullets, looked exactly like Bobby’s pics above.


I think this is it.

I order Speer bullets both in bulk and in 100 count boxes. All come with this black foam. I don't know why it broke down, but the box got contaminated. Something might have been spilled on the foam at the factory, or, since you received them from someone else, perhaps the box got contaminated there. If the boxes came like that from the factory, I hope they isolated the problem!

I just went through my boxes and pulled all the foam just in case.

This is the foam that comes in the 100 count boxes. Speer 168 gr Target Match I believe this is current production.

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