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Offline IronKnees

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« on: January 29, 2003, 01:15:46 AM »
Hey guys, I tried out the fairly new Barnes 45-70, 300 grain XFN bullet yesterday. Finally, the weather cooperated long enough for me to trudge through the snow (I beat the freezing rain by about one and a half hours) and set things up. Accuracy was superb. At 50 yards, ALL three shot groups touched holes except on one target. One shot out of that three was about a finger (1/2 inch) away from the rest. I think I flinched a bit. I also shot into a bundle of old magazines which was about a foot thick. Both bullets stopped just ONE magazine short of going clear through. I had them bundled with duct tape, from all directions, and after the second shot, the bundle was blown apart and a real mess to carry to the big trash can.... here are the pictures and I am impressed. Copper fouling, as can be the case with Barnes X bullets was significant, however, it cleaned out completely with Barnes CR-10 cleaner WITHOUT any brushing. Just using patches did the job and dissolved it completely... Here are the pictures of the recovered rounds: The bullet on the left shed one petal and retained 97.0% of it's weight. The bullet on the right retained 99.8% of it's original weight. Both bullets are 300 grains...

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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2003, 05:34:44 AM »
They'll think they were struck by lightning when hit by those!!
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2003, 07:21:00 AM »
Good job!  Nice photos.  The 45/70, kinda hard to improve on that one...
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2003, 12:02:01 PM »
IronKnees,

The Barnes X Bullet is the ONLY bullet that I use on hogs.  This year I shot one in particular with a .300 Win. Mag. and PMC 180 grain Barnes-X.  The pig was about 250 pounds and about 50 yards away.  Even though it was down at the first shot, I shot it 2 more times just to make sure.  Believe it or not, I did recover 1 bullet and it mushroomed perfectly.

As for the Barnes cleaner, I use it also and it does a FANTASTIC job.  Just make sure that you don't let the barrel soak for more than 10 minutes because it can cause problems.

Welcome to the Barnes X club for hogs! :D

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« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2003, 02:31:45 PM »
Yup... been using them ever since they first came out. In 1995 I took a nice boar at Tellico Junction with a .308 XBT at 2400 fps with my .30-06. Here is it's pic... I like Butches Bore Shine a little better than CR-10, but I use both, and both are great products... BTW, didn't recover the bullet from this one...
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« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2003, 05:26:00 AM »
Iron Knees,

Is there any particular reason why you like the Butch's product over the Barnes cleaner?  Just curious.

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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2003, 05:33:35 AM »
Well... that's kind of hard to quantify. I just think it works a little faster and takes a bit less work...
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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2003, 07:32:05 AM »
When I finish using up the Barnes cleaner I guess that I'll give the other one a try.  Thanks for the info. :grin:

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« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2003, 07:47:23 AM »
Well, don't get me wrong, both are outstanding products well worth their own merrits. I just think the Butches Bore Shine is easier and faster...  :eek:
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Any field results yet?
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2003, 10:19:18 AM »
IronKnees,

Any field results yet on the use of this bullet on boar?  I'm going on a boar hunt in a few weeks and was planning on using a 300 gr Hornady HP in my 45-70 (Encore pistol).  This is a load I word up for deer and have stepped up the powder a bit for the boar.  Seams to work on paper and expands good through 1 1/2 wood, not sure about penetration though.  But I've been reading your posts and am thinking of maybe trying the Barnes you talked about, if I have time to work up a load I've got to get one finished for my back-up first.
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« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2003, 10:40:24 AM »
Ullr.
    I wish I had better news for you, but the hunt that GB and I were going to do in mid April has been temporarily postponed... I do intend to use this bullet sometime this summer, but it will be a while yet. I had a medical problem pop up, and GB has some logistic problems to get around, so the hunt has been put back a while... However, I have every confidence in the Barnes XBT bullet and am really looking forward to using it...
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« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2003, 06:34:40 PM »
Dave I have rescheduled for this fall. Date not yet determined. Maybe we can still get together for it. If not I'll probably just take Faye and let her kill one.

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« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2003, 07:05:59 AM »
has anyone tried the 310 gr. hammerhead hardcast 44 load from garrett cartridges. Am thinking of using this load in my SBH. Understand this load penetrates more than a 375 HH in wet newsprint
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