Anyone using these bullets for hunting? What are your experiences? I have a load worked up with 165G interlocks for my .300wsm, but was recently given a box of these, same weight. Reviews I read when I google it are somewhat mixed. Would they be better for caribou and moose than the hornady interlocks?
Barnes XBT
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In a couple rifles I also had quite severe copper fouling with the original Barnes X and Barnes XBTs.
BUT!!!! I shot a deer with a 130 gr XBT in my .280 Rem, and that deer went down like it had been hit by the Hammer of Thor. I had excellent accuracy with those bullets, but it only took a half-dozen shots for accuracy to go south because of fouling.
So, my experience was that they are excellent bullets for game, but you need to keep a close eye on how badly they foul YOUR rifle, if at all.
HTH.
Doug
BUT!!!! I shot a deer with a 130 gr XBT in my .280 Rem, and that deer went down like it had been hit by the Hammer of Thor. I had excellent accuracy with those bullets, but it only took a half-dozen shots for accuracy to go south because of fouling.
So, my experience was that they are excellent bullets for game, but you need to keep a close eye on how badly they foul YOUR rifle, if at all.
HTH.
Doug
Barnes
I've had great success with Barnes XBT and TSX in .243 , .264 mag , .270 , .270 WSM , & .338 mag . I was using the coated XBT but have moved on to the TSX that I moly coat . They have served me well on deer , elk & moose . I havn't had a fouling problem using coating and have found very good accuracy
I've had great success with Barnes XBT and TSX in .243 , .264 mag , .270 , .270 WSM , & .338 mag . I was using the coated XBT but have moved on to the TSX that I moly coat . They have served me well on deer , elk & moose . I havn't had a fouling problem using coating and have found very good accuracy
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