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<blockquote data-quote="memtb" data-source="post: 2764361" data-attributes="member: 75451"><p>Calvin, this my findings and my opinion with the origin X Bullet……so take that for what's worth!</p><p></p><p> I was told early on, to treat them as though you were going to shoot cast bullets. Thouroughly clean your bore of any and all previous bullet fouling. Supposedly, the previous fouling magnified the fouling from the Barnes. Also a rough bore substantially increased the fouling.</p><p></p><p> My rifle had a match grade barrel and I never experienced the fouling or the excessive pressure that many people reported. I had a friend that had a brand new Remington SS 25-06. He wanted to use Barnes, but his groups were closer to a poor shot pattern from a shot gun. It took some convin ing on my part to get him to hand lap/polish his bore . Once done his groups were a huge improvement…..but still nothing to write home about.</p><p></p><p> He only got to hunt elk one season before having to get a family hardship job transfer. He got a shot on a trotting bull through an Aspen Grove at about 80 yards or so. One shot, behind the shoulder, complete with the typical Barnes exit. The elk went just a little ways and piled up! While only a 5x5….easily the biggest bodied elk that I've seen in my 37+ years in Wyoming. When I went to his house to see his elk…. It was the size of a small horse lying on his garage floor!</p><p></p><p> As a side note: he also recovered a 130 grain (just guessing) .270 cal. cup & core bullet, fully expanded, and having shed most of it's mass….apparently it didn't kill the elk! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face :thinking:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" data-shortname=":thinking:" /> And before asked…..I don know exactly where he found the "expired" bullet! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😉" title="Winking face :wink:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" data-shortname=":wink:" /> memtb</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="memtb, post: 2764361, member: 75451"] Calvin, this my findings and my opinion with the origin X Bullet……so take that for what’s worth! I was told early on, to treat them as though you were going to shoot cast bullets. Thouroughly clean your bore of any and all previous bullet fouling. Supposedly, the previous fouling magnified the fouling from the Barnes. Also a rough bore substantially increased the fouling. My rifle had a match grade barrel and I never experienced the fouling or the excessive pressure that many people reported. I had a friend that had a brand new Remington SS 25-06. He wanted to use Barnes, but his groups were closer to a poor shot pattern from a shot gun. It took some convin ing on my part to get him to hand lap/polish his bore . Once done his groups were a huge improvement…..but still nothing to write home about. He only got to hunt elk one season before having to get a family hardship job transfer. He got a shot on a trotting bull through an Aspen Grove at about 80 yards or so. One shot, behind the shoulder, complete with the typical Barnes exit. The elk went just a little ways and piled up! While only a 5x5….easily the biggest bodied elk that I’ve seen in my 37+ years in Wyoming. When I went to his house to see his elk…. It was the size of a small horse lying on his garage floor! As a side note: he also recovered a 130 grain (just guessing) .270 cal. cup & core bullet, fully expanded, and having shed most of it’s mass….apparently it didn’t kill the elk! 🤔 And before asked…..I don know exactly where he found the “expired” bullet! 😉 memtb [/QUOTE]
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