Barnes 275g TSX Bushmaster Again
 

jsteurrys wished to see the Barnes 275g 450 Bushmaster captured using 50 grain Blackhorn powder; he sent more bullets.





The distance between the rifle, and the horse is 25 yard. Using 50 grain Blackhorn powder.








The bullet made two holes in every (six) jug. It tore every page in the phone book. The bullet was found on the ground under the phone book.


























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Really goes to show Barnes TSX never goes with a light load or unusually long distance, unless there's a specific reason to limit expansion.

It would be interesting to see what happens if one were to drill out the hollow point to a larger size.

The depth of the hollow is about 9/16". The diameter is about 0.090". What do you want to drill it to?






















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More powder.

How do these measurements compare to the hollow on their EZ bullets?

It's very small in diameter.

The 250 grain TEZ hollow measures about 7/16" deep; 0.216" diameter.


















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Keep it simple - 1/8" / 0.125

All the numbered drills are available.

Then take it out to the edge of the flat to the same depth as the original.

Van, i will get after it when i get caught up.



















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OK, and if you never get around to it that's fine too. I will never be using that bullet. It was just a curiosity thing.

Used a #14 drill; it turned out to be a bit too large; too late now. We shall see.























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Ron, there is a possibility that you have changed the weight ratios of the front of the bullet to the rear of the bullet. I know Dave says this balance is important to bullet stabilization. The missing weight may induce some wobble at the rear of the bullet. I do not know this for sure at all but from experiments that we have done altering bullets with a lathe we have seen this in the results.