X-treme Bullets

[hdwhit]

Chapter 11 is a provision of the bankruptcy law that allows companies an opportunity to restructure themselves without fear of the creditors swooping in and taking away the assets they need to run the business.

Most companies that go through Chapter 11 manage to successfully emerge and resume "normal" operations.

The stark reality is that companies find themselves in Chapter 11 because their management failed to anticipate and plan for likely changes in the business environment. A company in Chapter 11 needs to fundamentally re-assess and then change their business strategy to conform it to the new realities of the market is operates within. Unfortunately, most companies in Chapter 11 have already spent their limited funds on attorneys and the incidental costs of court proceedings and so they no longer have the working capital to implement the changes to the business that are required if it is to survive. As a result, most businesses successfully exit Chapter 11, but most of them are unable to survive more than about five years.

 

[Sevens]

They made a plated bullet that is every bit as good as the finest bulk plated bullet ever offered (Berry's) and they managed to make theirs more attractive and shiny. They did that while offering fantastic prices and reliable shipping.

Then they expanded their product line by loading their own bullets in to used brass, selling a line of "reman" ammo. "Remanufactured", also known as "factory reloads."

This product line is absolutely suspect no matter what any one buyer's personal experience tells them. There have been far too many documented failures. One of my favorite was a box of 115gr 9mm where one of the loaded rounds was in a .380 cartridge case. I also recall (vividly!) when they debuted Freedom Munitions on the Xtreme website, they showed this sparkling bright picture of a pile of loaded ammo touting their new product and one quite visible round of ammo had an upside-down primer easily seen in the photo. Astute viewers hammered them on their Facebook page.

I have watched the decline in their customer service over the last 4 years. At the exact same time, powder coated slugs have really succeeded in the market and that must be eating some market share.

Some times we see history littered with good products that just couldn't be made to continue their success. Xtreme Bullets may end up being one of those.

 

[Dicem]

I ordered some 40/10's on 6/17/18 and received them via UPS in 10 days, in So. CA with no notification. I have been using them almost exclusively for over 5 years and the last few orders have been received w/o notification. As I order ahead when they are on sale, I don't worry about delivery times. Only if I can intercept them before my wife sees the order arrive. The only thing that concerns me is if they are going to start charging tax for inter-state orders. I only buy bullets not loaded ammo from them.

 

[bluetopper]

I'll keep buying from them because they make a 158gr bullet that shoots ten shot groups that go into one hole at 25 yards for me behind 12.5 grains of 2400.

 

[bigggbbruce]

This was on Facebook posted about an hour ago


X-Treme Bullets

To all our valued X-Treme Bullets customers:

You may have already heard or read about the recent decision to re-organize X-Treme Bullets in chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

We would like to take this time to assure our valuable customers of the ongoing commitment to provide affordable shooting components to enthusiasts around the country.

X-Treme Bullets will continue to manufacture components, ship orders and provide the best service we possibly can.

We are still here and plan on maintaining a steady path of manufacturing cost effective copper & brass components and moving towards a positive future.

Thank you for your patience and continued patronage,
X-Treme Bullets Team

Great..!! more price increases..

 

[LittleCooner]

Great..!! more price increases..

I love their product. If lead and copper prices go up, I expect for them to increase pricing. It is better that going completely out of business. I will continue to use their products as they preform great in my S&Ws

 

[OldChief]

Xtreme bullets are all I use for all my target shooting (which is about all I do any more). Sure hope they get through all this, they have a great product at a reasonable price.

 

[1775usmarine]

I've switched to Rocky Mountain Reloading because they have free shipping and another forum I belong to they give a 5% discount. Lately they been having some decent sales on their own in house products. I picked up 1k of the ss109 unpolished pulls for 85.50 shipped.

 

[ageingstudent]

I have watched the decline in their customer service over the last 4 years. At the exact same time, powder coated slugs have really succeeded in the market and that must be eating some market share.

Some times we see history littered with good products that just couldn't be made to continue their success. Xtreme Bullets may end up being one of those.

Totally agree. I think powder coat and hytek came along and took a big old bite right out of the most successful part of Xtreme and Freedom's base. Those pretty plated bullets were covering up a whole lot of sin elsewhere in those companies I think. I was surprised they never came out with a coated bullet.

 

[S&WIowegan]

No doubt coated bullets have put a dent in the platers' market share. Some people just love the look of those shiny bright Extreme bullets. Two shooting buddies buy them religiously....one guy actually polishes his ammo after he handloads to make the cartridges gleam.

 

[carpriver]

I ordered some 45 colt and 44 bullets on the 15th of June the status had not changed in that time. I e-mailed them. I was told about the Chapter 11 stuff, they said It would be a few days to get caught up.

 

[bluetopper]

When they sent emails of their 24 hour flash sales of 10% off plus free shipping and I ordered just 500, I know there was little or no profit there for them.

 

[RGVshooter]

I have shot thousands of 9mm from Freedom Munitions and really liked them a lot. But if you order from them I'd suggest ordering them by the thousands to make the effort worth it because their shipping is kinda slow and heck, if all I needed was 500 rounds then I'd drive the 1/2 mile down the street to my local Academy store & buy a 500 round WWB range pack. But Freedom's ammo burns very clean and I have no issues with them as well as some of my friends that purchased from them also. I've even taken advantage of their brass buyback program.
But would I order from them again? Probably not. But that's mainly because again i can walk to my Academy store they're so close, and walk out with a bucket of UMC or a 500 round range pack of WWB for 100 bucks and I don't have to wait 3 weeks before they ship it.

I've tried Xtreme bullets by using my Cabela bucks and they are a pretty bullet but I've seen no performance or value difference between them and Berry's. If anything I think Berry's are cheaper. And I can buy Berry's bullets in bulk in a 30 minute drive to my local Bass Pro Shop. Again, by applying my Bass Pro shop points, I can even save a buck or two.

 

[BLUEDOT37]

Xtreme's reputation

I like Xtreme. I bought my last 1000 from Cabelas and got 200 45 ACP brass in the form of a mail in rebate from Xtreme. Bullets were on sale, Cabelas had free shipping, got 200 pieces of new brass And used my Cabelas bucks to pay for most of it.

.

I've been waiting (3) months for my rebate brass & just a few days ago I sent them an email asking what happened & when I'll get them. Got a reply just saying it'll be taken care of.

I used to be very happy with Xtreme but I got a defective box of 240gr .44 bullets that leaded the barrel. Bullets (Xtreme's) I got before & after shot fine with the same load. After (4) months of going back & forth between different people & having to provide the same information I gave up trying to get replacements. I've noticed other changes in their quality plus they've been slower getting shipments out too. Sad.

In the future I'll use Rainier's or Zero's as my first choices.

.

.

Well, another month & a half has gone by & still no rebate brass from Xtreme.

Guess I can mark them off my list of reputable companies to do business with.

.

 

[rds963]

Plated bullets

I am not a professional shooter but shoot many local matches and find Rocky Mountain Reloading as good as any.

 

[TAROMAN]

Another + for RMR.
They have become my +1 source for jacketed 9mm bullets.