Author Topic: BARNES X FOR 44 MAG. (Read 867 times)

dave hall · « **on:** July 13, 2004, 06:19:38 PM »

HAS ANYONE LOADED BARNES-X 200 GR'ERS FOR THERE 44 MAG..I WANT TO TRY THESE ON WHITETAIL THIS YEAR . ANY INFO WOULD BE HELPFUL.THANKS. :-)

WHEN IN DOUBT LEAVE A BIG HOLE :twisted: .430

Catfish · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2004, 03:50:23 AM »

Never shot them in my .44 mag., but took a deer with a .240 grn. .44 saboted into a .50 cal. muzzle loader. It put a 2 1/2 to 3 in. hole clear through the deer. The odd thing about was that there was no blood shot meat. It the only deer I ever seen shot that you did not loose any meat along the wound channel. I don`t know if that was a freek or if it is common with that bullet.

Questor · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2004, 03:54:13 AM »

I'd go with a heavier bullet. Penetration doesn't seem to be very good with the 44 unless the heavier bullets are used. If I wanted to buy a premium bullet, I'd get the Nosler handgun partitions.

dave375hh · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2004, 03:07:37 PM »

If I were using a jacketed bullet on deer, it would be the 270gr. Speer golddot. They're dead soft but have a bonded jacket to hold together and penitrate. I had already switched to cast/flatnosed bullets before the Speer GD came out and never saw the need to change afterwards.

Redhawk1 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2004, 04:02:54 PM »

The 200 gr. Barnes bullets will work good. Remember Barnes bullets retain 100% of there weight. I have spoke with Barnes and they recommend the lighter bullets due to weight retention. Also there are people taking deer with a 357 MAG with 158gr. bullets, so why not use a 200 gr. I personally like the 225 gr. Barnes XPB Pistol bullets for my 44MAG.

Hcliff · « **Reply #5 on:** July 28, 2004, 08:06:22 AM »

Check out Barnes for load data. Their bullet are longer but weight is less than lead. I have had good accuracy with mine. They do expand very wide. The only problem I have had with them is that they are expensive to work loads up with and only come in a box of 20 I think. Another alternative is the Nosler partition in the handgun style. Those peneratrated deeper in my wet newsprint tests.

Hcliff

Rmouleart · « **Reply #6 on:** July 28, 2004, 09:13:27 AM »

Speer 270 GDFP in 44mag are very deadly,good for big game animals,
they come in nickel plating as well. I have good results using the Hornady XTP's 240gr. Aim small hit small RAMbo.

supermag 445 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 09, 2004, 03:04:25 AM »

I will be using the 225 barnes x this year in my dan wesson 445 supermag. I will be launching them at about 1775 fps. I talked to the load developer for dan 'wesson and he told me to try the barnes x 225 grainers as he and others used it and was devistating to say the least. He sent me some pictures of there kills with the barnes and it was impressive. :eek:

good luck

Brian