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Has anyone used Black Hills Gold? I've only ever used Fed Gold Medal Match but have heard that Federal's quality control has been suffering recently. I've never had a probelm with Federal so it may be a moot point.

Thanks

Mac

Hunting is not just a matter of life or death; It's much more important than that!

BH makes some superb stuff,there's no doubt. However I'd let your barrel tell you which flavor it prefers,then I'd stock up on that same lot #.................

mac84,

Are you refering to the BH hunting ammo line or target/tactical line? I thought the Gold line from BH was loaded with X bullets. FGMM is loaded with the Sierra HPBT Match Kings.

But I will second what Stick said, both are excellent performers.

Good Luck

True Eyes

I've shot match grade in both quite a bit. Big Stick is right that your rifle will tell you what it likes best. However if I were going to hedge my bets, my vote goes to the Black Hills. As a side note just yesterday I shot a bunch of Winchester .308 match grade ammo. It was extremely accurate!

Thanks everyone! I'll give the Black Hills a try. I know how the FGMM flys out of my rifle. The BH will be a good excuse to go to the range:)


Mac

My hunch is the BH will get the nod..............

I had REALLY good luck with the PMC 168 grain match. Not a hunting round. It was much more accurate than the Fed GMM out of my rifle.

On a side note, a friend of mine teachs a Precision rifle course at a fairly large shooting school and he stated that the PMC and BH was doing better than the Fed.