174 grain PPU

I am looking at getting some of PPU’s 174 grain fmjbt bullets. What is their accuracy like?
I know it does depend on the individual rifle and how good the load is but what is the most I can expect from them?

The Lee Enfield is to the Canadian north what the Winchester repeater was to the American west. Cal Bablitz

I shoot the factory loaded ppu 174 `S, MY No 4 likes them average 3-4" groups at 100meters, my 1915 smle dosn`t like them at all, but it does hit the target with minute of man groupings at 100yrds.

Through my scoped churhill sporter, the groups are a little tighter shooting supported.

Overall they`re ok but not as good as working up a reload for a specific rifle.

shoot em if you got em

303 Hunter, I hand loaded aboot 100 of these (Sierra pills, PPU brass and H4895 powder.) Our range is only 100 yards so I'm not sure the boat-tail was needed. They shot well, but for the extra price not much or any better than a 180 gr Sierra flat bottomed bullet. I have a twin to your rifle built by the same fellow, and it HATES 180's!

I've compared them to Sierra 174grn .311" BTHP bullets as well as the 174grn .312" BTHP Hornady bullets.

Pretty much all three performed identically out to 200 yards...

Goosic wrote:

I've compared them to Sierra 174grn .311" BTHP bullets as well as the 174grn .312" BTHP Hornady bullets.

Pretty much all three performed identically out to 200 yards...

Goosic's on the money!

Apologies for being almost a year late to this thread but this was a hot topic of conversation yesterday at our weekly clay shoot.

No supplier in the UK currently has Sierra MK's in .311 and PPU have always been seen in the UK as a cheap Eastern European supplier; the assumption being they aren't all that good!

Because of the shortage of Sierra's I was forced into using some .311 PPU last October for a shoot of two lots of 15 rounds at 500 yards. The upshot was I recorded my best score at that distance with my No.4 SR"b" for some time...special thanks also go to the wind on that day! Smile

Small disclaimer, if I can get SMK's I will still use them as a preference, but PPU are half the price of SMK's in the UK.

Mick

I've never shot "tailor made" PPU bullets but I do use their projectiles and brass for reloading. That being said, the type of shooting I do is at our 100 yard range and white-tail deer hunting. Both PPU 150 and 174gr FMJBT shoot as good as any Sierra or Hornady of similar weights at 100 yards, in my humble opinion. Keep the brass, as it is excellent for reloading!

I’ve yet to try any PPU bullets. When I see some available, I’ll try them.

Agree with all the above, likely do just as well in the LE as the Sierra and Hornady match bullets. Might see some difference at the mid and long ranges, 600 yds and beyond. But, if they are cheaper than the SMKs and shoot just as well at 200, I’m going to buy them.

Sapper740 wrote:

I've reloaded 174 gr. bullets from four different manufacturers; Sierra, Hornady, PPU, and pulled MkVII. In order of accuracy: 1) SMK 2) PPU 3) Hornady 4) pulled MkVII For practical uses such as plinking or Hog hunting you won't notice enough of a difference to matter. For long range service rifle matches you definitely want the SMK bullets.

Sapper, I concur exactly with, 1) SMK, 2) PPU and regarding Hornady not always available in the UK but I have used them way back and found them ok'ish.

Your last statement is certainly in line with my own thoughts, however I did quite well at 500 yards last year with the PPU which I would not usually use in competition if SMK's were available.

Mick