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North Fork Bullets #14202370 10/14/19
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 976 Pennsylvania, USA jmh3 OP Campfire Regular
OP jmh3 Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 976 Pennsylvania, USA	Are they still in business? They took all the products off their website and aren’t returning emails. ------------------------ John

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Re: North Fork Bullets jmh3 #14202432 10/14/19
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,417 SW Georgia G Godogs57 Campfire Tracker
Godogs57 Campfire Tracker G Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,417 SW Georgia	The owner hung it up a couple months ago or thereabouts Hate it for us. Perhaps someone else will buy it... I personally love their products and use a 225 gr 338 as my go to bullet for elk. They work outstanding. You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.

Re: North Fork Bullets jmh3 #14203509 10/15/19
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,256 Cheyenne, Wy Fotis Campfire Ranger
Fotis Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,256 Cheyenne, Wy	It is a shame but they are gone. Too close of a design (not identical) as a Swift A-frame which has the same crappy BC but better price and availability. https://thehandloadinglog.wordpress.com μολὼν λαβέ "Weatherby was too long so I nicknamed it "Bee""

Re: North Fork Bullets jmh3 #14205638 10/16/19
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 976 Pennsylvania, USA jmh3 OP Campfire Regular
OP jmh3 Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 976 Pennsylvania, USA	I just got a reply to my email from John at North Fork. He said the company has been sold and the bullets will be available through a distributor as soon as the new owners get up and running. Maybe they will increase volume and get a little better on the price. ------------------------ John

Re: North Fork Bullets jmh3 #14482478 01/19/20
Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 7 Osby Sweden Europe J Jorgen_Bostrom New Member
Jorgen_Bostrom New Member J Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 7 Osby Sweden Europe	Hi I bought machines and they are on the way to my factory now. In US and Canada Reloading international will be my agent. He already have around 300 boxes in stock and will update his webpage as soon as possible. So this great bullet will still be available

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Re: North Fork Bullets Jorgen_Bostrom #14482575 01/19/20
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,551 Whitebird Campfire Regular
Whitebird Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,551	Originally Posted by Jorgen_Bostrom Hi I bought machines and they are on the way to my factory now. In US and Canada Reloading international will be my agent. He already have around 300 boxes in stock and will update his webpage as soon as possible. So this great bullet will still be available Fantastic!

Re: North Fork Bullets jmh3 #14482726 01/19/20
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,256 Cheyenne, Wy Fotis Campfire Ranger
Fotis Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2009 Posts: 17,256 Cheyenne, Wy	Are you going to offer any High BC Northforks? https://thehandloadinglog.wordpress.com μολὼν λαβέ "Weatherby was too long so I nicknamed it "Bee""

Re: North Fork Bullets Fotis #14484409 01/19/20
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 277 Oregon R Redside Campfire Member
Redside Campfire Member R Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 277 Oregon	Yes, a higher BC would make these bullets shine even more than they already do.

Re: North Fork Bullets jmh3 #14484453 01/19/20
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 7,263 Out Yonder T Tejano Campfire Tracker
Tejano Campfire Tracker T Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 7,263 Out Yonder	Hate to gild the Lilly but a version with a boat tail and a polymer tip would blow up my bloomers. But the originals are darn good as they are. "When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli

Re: North Fork Bullets Fotis #14484687 01/19/20
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,063 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna
Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,063 Banana Belt, Montana	Originally Posted by Fotis It is a shame but they are gone. Too close of a design (not identical) as a Swift A-frame which has the same crappy BC but better price and availability. I suspect you're thinking of the Trophy Bonded Bear Claw, not the Swift A-Frame. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

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Re: North Fork Bullets jmh3 #14485442 01/20/20
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,417 SW Georgia G Godogs57 Campfire Tracker
Godogs57 Campfire Tracker G Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,417 SW Georgia	I couldn’t care less about ballistic coefficients in my North Forks. They perform perfectly for their intended purpose as is! They are extremely accurate in my rifles and their terminal performance pretty much parallels being struck by a freight train. You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.

Re: North Fork Bullets Jorgen_Bostrom #14487600 01/20/20
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 347 M metricman Campfire Member
metricman Campfire Member M Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 347	wonderful! vires,fortitudo,vigilantia

Re: North Fork Bullets jmh3 #14487802 01/20/20
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,216 West Slope of Colorado A alpinecrick Campfire Ranger
alpinecrick Campfire Ranger A Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,216 West Slope of Colorado	Seen a half dozen elk killed with North Forks--all of them 180 gr out of '06 or 300WM. They are very good bullets, but not really better than Partitions or TSXs. At 2x-3x the price, it's probably tough to stay in the market. If a larger company took over and the bullets helped the bottom line it's feasible, but to rely entirely on $60 + a box hunting bullets for a company to survive..... Casey Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.

Re: North Fork Bullets Jorgen_Bostrom #18849354 10/17/23
Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 14 Texas D DanielOwenLynch New Member
DanielOwenLynch New Member D Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 14 Texas	Originally Posted by Jorgen_Bostrom Hi I bought machines and they are on the way to my factory now. In US and Canada Reloading international will be my agent. He already have around 300 boxes in stock and will update his webpage as soon as possible. So this great bullet will still be available Can you provide me with dimension data for the 286 gr .366 semi-spitzer? I'm using Gordon's Reloading Tool, it only has data for the 250 gr. Going to RSA next August and would like to give your ammo a go in my 9.3x62 Offering free helicopter rides since 1973

Re: North Fork Bullets DanielOwenLynch #18849391 10/17/23
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,078 Whttail_in_MT Campfire Outfitter
Whttail_in_MT Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,078	Originally Posted by DanielOwenLynch Originally Posted by Jorgen_Bostrom Hi I bought machines and they are on the way to my factory now. In US and Canada Reloading international will be my agent. He already have around 300 boxes in stock and will update his webpage as soon as possible. So this great bullet will still be available Can you provide me with dimension data for the 286 gr .366 semi-spitzer? I'm using Gordon's Reloading Tool, it only has data for the 250 gr. Going to RSA next August and would like to give your ammo a go in my 9.3x62 Doubt it since that poster hasn't been on here going on 4 years.

Re: North Fork Bullets Godogs57 #18851075 10/17/23
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,879 Deer Park, Tx R Reloder28 Campfire Ranger
Reloder28 Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,879 Deer Park, Tx	Originally Posted by Godogs57 I couldn’t care less about ballistic coefficients in my North Forks. They perform perfectly for their intended purpose as is! They are extremely accurate in my rifles and their terminal performance pretty much parallels being struck by a freight train. Interesting. The same can be said for the 155 Scenar's. "I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country." Robert E. Lee

Re: North Fork Bullets jmh3 #18851654 10/17/23
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 515 M martentrapper Campfire Regular
martentrapper Campfire Regular M Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 515	Seems like I bought some around 3 years ago. Did good on a moose.

Re: North Fork Bullets martentrapper #18852084 10/18/23
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,063 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna
Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,063 Banana Belt, Montana	The ones I used also did well on an Alberta moose. The bullets were 160s from a 7x57 at around 2675 fps. (Eileen went along to make sure the field-care of the meat was done right....) Also used the same load and rifle in Africa on several kinds of plains game, where it worked well too. Got those bullets directly from Mike Grady when he was still making them in Glenrock. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

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