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Barnes "X" bullets question....
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<blockquote data-quote="Brent" data-source="post: 27213" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I've shot the .338 250XFB, the .308 150, 165, 168, 180 XLCBT's lately. The 168 in the 12 twist 308win did super. The 250's in the 338's always did super too. The 150 in the 308win did great too. I haven't had good luck with the 165 or 180 in anything so far, and they're so expensive to test with I don't have plans using the 165 or 180 unless I find something sweet with the bullets I have left. For some reason the flat base X bullets seem to yield better overall groups than the BT's. </p><p></p><p>Performance; They've always done the job well, can't say I've recovered one though.</p><p></p><p>My brother called me this morning and said Eric, a friend of ours was with him at the bait station last night and got a black bear with his 338wm and a 225XLC. They recovered the bullet in this one. It was shot facing away from him and between the shoulder blades, breaking the spine, dropping him without so much as a twitch. The bullet traveled up the spine to the base of the skull, stopping under the hide though. It mushroomed to the base of the HP and lost one petal. Eric's bbl is only 20" long and he isn't pushing them very fast, I think I remember clocking his 250 X bullets at 2350 fps is all. The 225's are probably only 2500 or so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brent, post: 27213, member: 99"] I've shot the .338 250XFB, the .308 150, 165, 168, 180 XLCBT's lately. The 168 in the 12 twist 308win did super. The 250's in the 338's always did super too. The 150 in the 308win did great too. I haven't had good luck with the 165 or 180 in anything so far, and they're so expensive to test with I don't have plans using the 165 or 180 unless I find something sweet with the bullets I have left. For some reason the flat base X bullets seem to yield better overall groups than the BT's. Performance; They've always done the job well, can't say I've recovered one though. My brother called me this morning and said Eric, a friend of ours was with him at the bait station last night and got a black bear with his 338wm and a 225XLC. They recovered the bullet in this one. It was shot facing away from him and between the shoulder blades, breaking the spine, dropping him without so much as a twitch. The bullet traveled up the spine to the base of the skull, stopping under the hide though. It mushroomed to the base of the HP and lost one petal. Eric's bbl is only 20" long and he isn't pushing them very fast, I think I remember clocking his 250 X bullets at 2350 fps is all. The 225's are probably only 2500 or so. [/QUOTE]
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