Will trade the following;

I have .308 dia. bullets
*125 grain Nosler BT's-----------------100
*150 grain Nosler BT's------------------88
*150 grain Sierra SP's------------------11
*150 grain Hornady SP's Interlocks------23
*165 grain Hornady SP's BT Interlocks---30
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Will trade for .308 diameter bullets listed below.
*Barnes 130 grain XBT's
*Barnes 140 grain XBT's
*Hornady 130 grain Single Shot Pistol Bullets or Hornady 130 grain SP's

Also posted in classified in case you don't check there

Sorry Chainsaw, this is one happy X bullet user. But I've never tried 130 or 140 grainers in 30 cal. What calibers do you load in, what speeds are you getting, and what are the terminal ballistics with these on game? I have yet to have the massive accuracy and bullet failure that others say.

W.W.

I load the bullets in .308 and in a 30-30 Single Shot.

In .308 from a 22" barrel the velocity is 3045 fps for the 130 grain. 2 Whitetails shot in Canada. Both were in the 200lb. plus range, neither went more than 15 feet with clean bullet thru performance.

30-30 Single Shot. 140 grain 2575+or- from a 22" barrel. 130 grain 2645 fps. 14 whitetails taken with bullet pass thru's, none went more than 50' 130 lb. range with one deer at 170 lbs.

Bench groups are at 1MOA with the 30-30 and smaller in the .308

Powders used W748, BLC-2, and WC-846

[This message has been edited by Chainsaw (edited 04-10-2002).]

I'll chime in here as a happy X bullet user also. I use the XLC (coated) bullets.

If someone has any 6.5 mm 120gr, .308" 165 & 180 gr, or some 225 gr .338" XLCs they want to trade, I'm game. I've got some 125 & 140 grain 6.5mm Partitions, 180 & 200 gr .308" Partitions, and some .338" 250 gr Partitions I'm willing to part with.

I'm tired of the X bullet bashing on reloading sites. If it is approached correctly, it is no more difficult to get X bullets to shoot well in most rifles than any other bullet. They're just a different sort of animal, that's all.

"Dislike" is born of knowledge. "Hate" is born of ignorance.

I haven't used enough X bullets to have formed an opinion of them pro or con, but I have used a lot of .45 cal Barnes Originals, and they are excellent!!

Thanks bunch for the info, Chainsaw. I would like to try these in '06 and 30-30, but I have a Competitor pistol in 300 Weatherby that I will be doing a lot of experimentation with. Recoil with 180 gr. Federal factory loads are not what one would expect, at least with the brake. Haven't got a chance to chrono yet. I'll bet the lighter x bullets will make a big splash.

I haven't tried the .308 130 or 140, but I have killed 4 whitetails with the original 125 grain X in my .308 at 2950-2975 fps.

1.5" accuracy at 100 yards and fabulous performance even on small deer. Penetrated one doe stern to stem and would have exited save for a shoulder bone. Retained weight was 119.x grains. I didn't recover the other 3.

They open quickly and penetrate like gangbusters. Barnes appears to have dropped the 125's as I don't see them in the most recent load book, but the 130's & 140's should do fine.

BigIron

I'm not a "hater" but I have (2) boxes of .338/210grbt 'x' I would trade for 210gr Nolser parts. I can't get them to shoot as well as the NP's in my .338-06.