In the March issue of a gun magazine 13 popular ML bullets were tested in a T/C Omega with 2 50 gr 777 pellets and a Rem 209 primer. I thought the results were very interesting, thought I'd pass on some of the highlights.

Accuracy: Three shot groups at 100 yards:
Swift A Frame 300 gr - .40". The tester actually fired a 10-shot group with this one, and it measured 2.6".
Swift A Frame 240 gr - 1.10"
T/C Shockwave250 gr= 1.40"
4 Barnes Bullets (2 SpitFire Exp & 2 Exp MZ) = 1.60-2.70"
2 PowerBelts (348 HP & 295 AeroT) =4.10 & 5.40 respectively.
Noticeably missing from the test were any XTP's.

Penetration: Wet newspaper at 25 yards:
All bullets except the PB's penetrated between 14.5 and 17.5".
The PB's penetrated 9" & 10".

Weight Retnetion:
Most bullets retained between 70-90%
All 4 Barnes Bullets retained 100% with perfect expansion.
The 348 HP PB's retained only 54% of their weight.

An interesting thing - the tester cleaned between each shot with #13 bore cleaner, then swabed with a clean patch saturated with Bore Butter ("to make loading the sabots earier"). Most posts I've seen here recommend shooting sabots with a clean, dry bore.

Any thoughts?

IM jaybe