Berry’s 220 gr .30 Caliber TMJ Spire Point Bullets 200/Box

Description

Berry's 220 grain .30 caliber spire point is the go-to projectile for anyone building subsonic 300 AAC Blackout loads at home. At 220 grains with a .308 diameter, it sits right in the sweet spot for suppressed and subsonic work, and the spire point profile feeds smoothly through both bolt guns and AR-platform rifles. This is a reloading component, not loaded ammunition, so you'll be seating these yourself.

How Berry's Builds the 220 gr .308 Spire Point

Every one of these starts as a swaged lead core that gets tumbled in an electrically charged bath of high-grade copper. The copper plates onto the core through electrolysis, building up to the correct thickness before the bullets are pulled and re-struck to final dimensions. That double-strike step tightens up concentricity and keeps the jacket bonded to the core, which is what you want for consistent groups on paper.

Loading the Berry's 220 gr 300 Blackout Bullet

Berry's lists a maximum velocity of 1,300 fps on this bullet, and pushing past that risks separating the plating from the core, so it's really meant for subsonic and mild loads rather than hot magnum pressures. The SAAMI max overall length runs 2.260 inches, and Berry's suggests a recommended cartridge overall length around 2.1 inches as a starting point. Since these weigh the same as a jacketed 220 grain projectile, you can work from published jacketed load data for a bullet of matching weight.

Why Reloaders Reach for the Berry's Plated .30 Cal

The real draw here is value. Plated bullets land between cast and full jacketed in price while giving you a cleaner-shooting round than bare lead. The copper plating means they won't foul your bore with lead the way cast bullets tend to, and they cut down on airborne lead during a range session. For high-volume 300 BLK shooters feeding a suppressed rifle, that combination of clean running and lower cost per round adds up fast.