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Barnes 168gn TSX NOT XLC?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ian M" data-source="post: 9376" data-attributes="member: 25"><p>The XLC is the first Barnes bullet manufactured to match tolerances, this was to meet a military contract I believe. I happened to have been on one of the first Long Range shooting tests of the new bullet with the owners of Barnes a few years back. Story is in their manual.</p><p></p><p>We have killed several animals with the bullet and it performs very well. You will be able to use slightly more powder than a standard "X" bullet load, and you can also get slightly faster velocities. In a .308 the mushrooming capability is very good out to 500 yards, but the bullet starts to poop out at 600 as far as opening up goes.</p><p></p><p>We went with an almost case full of Varget, work up from 45 gr.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ian M, post: 9376, member: 25"] The XLC is the first Barnes bullet manufactured to match tolerances, this was to meet a military contract I believe. I happened to have been on one of the first Long Range shooting tests of the new bullet with the owners of Barnes a few years back. Story is in their manual. We have killed several animals with the bullet and it performs very well. You will be able to use slightly more powder than a standard "X" bullet load, and you can also get slightly faster velocities. In a .308 the mushrooming capability is very good out to 500 yards, but the bullet starts to poop out at 600 as far as opening up goes. We went with an almost case full of Varget, work up from 45 gr. [/QUOTE]
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