Thursday, January 19, 2012

New 6.5mm hunting bullets from Barnes

At SHOT Barnes Bullets anounced their new LRX lineup that includes a 127 grain bullet in 6.5mm. Word from a 6.5 Grendel forum member who talked to Barnes reps at SHOT is that the bullets not only offer a better B.C. for long range shooting, but offer expansion at velocities as low as 1,400 fps. If that's true, than it expands 400 - 600 fps slower than other hunting bullets on the market, which translates to an extra 200+ yards of killing range. At an advertised price of $38 for a box of 50, Barnes has made all this possible by making these bullets out of solid gold.

3 comments:

  1. No, solid copper. But the thought is the same.

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  2. I'll have to see what the B.C. on them will be. If it's high enough, I may bite. I've resisted the Barnes bullets so far because they're so expensive - a box of 50 can be as much as $60 or more, while a box of 100 AMAXs run $25.

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