My 45/70 and some premo bullets...

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I've just loaded up some 300gr Barnes X bullets for my Marlin.

These are a departure from the usual JFN and lead that I shoot, but when I saw them I thought they would be absolutely devastating on game. They have a HUGE hollow point cavity from the nose to the cannelure, and then a solid shank. As a result of the hollow point, they're quite long.

I'll post some pics and range report later, but I'd like input from anyone who has used these bullets before... thanks! :wave:
 
OK, I'll take a pic or 2 tomorrow and post it. Bartell is right... she's some kind of fierce looking next to your average flat point.
 
My buddy and I are working up 45/70 loads using the 300gr Barnes XFN and Nosler Partition in 300gr in his Marlin. So far they are working great, we recovered a couple of Barnes after shooting in to sand at 100m and they held together really well, if anything they didn't expacnd as much as I expected. Definitely better than the 350gr Hornday RN we were also testing. We had a problem with his scope (it broke) so we didn't get accuracy.

Plan is to head back this weekend with the chrono and camera, I will post results as well. I am trying to convince him that I need to use his rifle to test the bullet on a moose this fall :)


There was a really good article in a recent Outdoor Edge a while back about a fellow who uses the Barnes and Nosler 300gr bulets in his No. 1 45/70 with excellent reaults. His accuracy was under an inch at 100m for both bullets. If you want a copy of the article send me a pm.

I haven't seen the Barnes or Nosler in action on animals personally but I have seen the effect of the Hornady on a black bear. My buddy had to shoot a marauding black bear in his yard a few days later with the Hornady 350. He shot it at about 35m through the near shoulder; the bullet broke the shoulder then went through the chest and broke the far leg before breaking into three or four pieces. The main piece was flattened beyond mushroomed, I think the Barnes or Nosler would have done more damage to the bear and held together better.

Cheers
 
Ike said:
My buddy had to shoot a marauding black bear in his yard a few days later with the Hornady 350. He shot it at about 35m through the near shoulder; the bullet broke the shoulder then went through the chest and broke the far leg before breaking into three or four pieces.
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And that's bad performance?:confused: Sounds pretty good for close range with a conventional construction bullet.
 
BigUglyMan said:
And that's bad performance?:confused: Sounds pretty good for close range with a conventional construction bullet.
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BUM,
No that is about the performance one would expect from a standard bullet. However had it been a 700lb grizzly it likely would not have performed to a satisfactory level in a defensive/protection situation like his was. It wasn't a slam against the bullet, more-so a comment on the application....the premium bullets will perform better on the really tough beasties when needed. When a bear is causing trouble near my kids I would want the bullet that punches through anything and evrything in its way ;)
Cheers
 
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