Shooting the Barnes Ballistics Calculator

[sabotloader]

Well, it is raining here again today- not just raining but pouring... so should I go do my school work or play on the calculator... the calculator won....

With the Barnes you can feed the caluclatorthe information then actually shoot a target with the information you have entered. It records where you were aiming and then you shoot and it shows you where your bullet went... you can put in wind and and angles and it computes it all... when you push "shoot" you hear the gun go off and the POI appears on the screen - it realy is fun - I like hearing the gun go off - I know simple people simple toys....

Well anyway, I re-entered the information for a Speer 300 grain Gold Dot, upped the MV to the newer information I had with 110 grains of T7-2f. produced a chart - then started shooting - I shot 15-20 shots different angles and different Xwinds - I burned up all that powder, primers,sabots, and bullets - didn't cost me a thing but time... which reminds beside school work - I have to clean the house Terry has been gone for 3 days and she gets back on Monday - lots of things to do befroe she sees this place especially the kitchen & my bathroom...

Well anyway, again, here is the updated chart...

[Underclocked]

Did you run figures for a 200 grain SST/XTP? Have velocities?


Drop is very significant with the load used in the pic, but it's also very consistent.

[sabotloader]

UC

Yep! got them both...

The velocity for the XTP's are with 100 grains of T7-2f = 2000fps and recently I chronoed 110 grain loads @ 2225 fps

The 200 grain XTP, what I am shooting was zeroed for a point blank range of 175 yards so at a 100 you +2" (double click the pic to make it bigger)



The SST/Shockwave chart is set at 2450 fps as a person asked for a 150 grain load - have never shot that one myself...

[Underclocked]

Those SSTs iz flat shootin', aint they!! Be nice to see that trajectory verified in the real world though.

I've got some to try... 30 of them I think. Also have some 200 grain XTPs (.400) and some blue MMP to check out. Pity ya can't buy those SSTs in bulk.

[sabotloader]

UC

I really wish you could buy them for reloading, either the 200 or the 250.

From what I have shot, 200 grain XTP's I am really impressed with them and I believe they are really close to the paper. I am on my second or third box. What I really need to do is the stack of wet paper thing or find some ballistic jell...

If you look up the ballistic range that Hornady publishes for the bullet - I am far out-shooting the published velocity. Everything I shoot with them really shows the effects - of course I can not recover the bullets.

If it were not for my personal deer hunting rules and the state rule of one deer per year - I would not hesitate to use one of these. But, it so hard to switch from a shoot them dead on the spot bullet that you have used for years to a new one. I have shot Noslers all my life and I am telling you the .451 - 260 grain Nosler I shoot now is a tried and true bullet that has always worked on mule deer and whitetail.