Herter's Ammo??

[Buffalo1]

I was in Bass Pro Shot today. They had some Legend 350 ammo in stock. The ammo brands were Winchester and Herter's. The ammo was 180 gr, soft point bullets. I compared the two brands and they looked identical. The salesperson told me that Herter's is the BPS house brand now. I asked him who made the Herter's ammo and he told me Winchester.

Anyone have any experience or knowledge of Herter's ammo?

 

[Trogon]

I have a couple boxes of 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser, 140 gr soft point (or 139 grain, have to look).
I've tried it in a Ruger NO. 1 and a Sauer XT 100.
At 100 yards, from a bench, 3 shots, the Ruger is about 1.5" group, the Sauer just over an inch.

 

[thriller]

I was in Bass Pro Shot today. They had some Legend 350 ammo in stock. The ammo brands were Winchester and Herter's. The ammo was 180 gr, soft point bullets. I compared the two brands and they looked identical. The salesperson told me that Herter's is the BPS house brand now. I asked him who made the Herter's ammo and he told me Winchester.

Anyone have any experience or knowledge of Herter's ammo?

I shoot their 16 gauge shells a lot it is dirty and cheap but my shotgun shoots it well.

 

[Aaron N]

I bought a case of their 12guage 2 3/4” shells for making noise with clays. It isn’t powerful enough to cycle a semi.

 

[Ravensview]

I didn’t even know they were still in business, I use to order from and get Herters catalog every year but that was in the 80’s.

 

[cal pappas]

I bought some shot shells at Cabelas with the Herter's name. I would guess it is a resurrection of the name and not the original company.

 

[R.M.C.]

I've got some herters 30.06 bullets, some 150 and some 180 grain. I haven't shot them but a few of mine have bent tips . Obviously I'm not gonna shoot those ones lol
From what I understand, basspro/ cabelas owns the name Herters and has Winchester load ammo for the store . I read that somewhere I think lol

 

[Buffalo1]

I can remember the days in the 60's and 70's when Herter's had an awesome, thick mail order catalog and had quality merchandise. Started business in 1893- located in Waseca, MN. Then Cabelas bought Herter's in 1981. But, that was then.

I think today it is nothing more than a "remembrance brand name" name.

 

[brif]

I have shot a lot of the 115gr 9mm stuff. I haven't had any issues with my glocks, m&p's or Hk's with the stuff.

 

[1dirthawker]

cup and core bullets, they always go off when i pull the trigger

 

[Nevada Mike]

A couple years ago I ordered a couple flats of Herter's 16 gauge cartridges from Cabela's. When they arrived I found that bout half of the cartridges had water damage - rust and degraded cartons. After a brief wrangle with Cabels'a on the phone they credited me half the price.

That was the LAST time I bought Herter's, or any, ammo from Cabela's.