Could someone please give me the lengths of these three bullets?

Nosler 260-grain BT
Barnes 270-grain TSX
Barnes 300-grain TSX

Thanks, folks.

Russ

My Nosler 260 BT's have a length 1.381.

Russell,
My old non-bonded .375/260gr BT Nosler was 1.384" when I measured it. The .375/260gr Nosler Partition is 1.146". That long plastic tip do add some length to the Ballistic Tip.

I don't have any of the TSX yet in .375 (though I do have some .416 and .458 TSX's stocked and ready to load), but here are the old X-Bullet measures, just realize that the extra cannelures on the TSX's will make them longer than these (maybe 0.020" longer?):

Barnes XFB Cannelured:

.375/270gr: 1.345"
.375/300gr: 1.472"

For example consideration:

.458/500gr XFB Cannelured: 1.630"
.458/500gr TSX (5 cannelures): 1.650"

.416/400gr XFB Cannelured: 1.572"
.416/400gr TSX (5 cannelures): 1.592"

So my "guess" on the TSX's:
.375/270gr TSX: 1.365"
.375/300gr TSX: 1.492"

Until sumbuddy who know posts, that is a ball park ...

Barnes 270-grain TSX = 1.370

Russ

The 300grn TSX are 1.490

Elmo

Thanx to sumbuddy:

.375/260gr BT: 1.38"
.375/270gr TSX: 1.37"
.375/300gr TSX: 1.49"

Should be exactly right to nearest 1/100th", allowing for a few thou difference in the tips from battering around in the boxes.

Russ and Rip

The Truth be told, about 25% of those 300's measured 1.494

I thought that was kind of strange so I measured about half the box.

They were either 1.490.... or 1.494 for every fourth one +/-. None were 1.489, 1.491, 1.492, 1.493, or 1.495. The packaging is excellent with a good plastic box and tight foam inside the box.

Whaddayall think about that?

Elmo

Elmo,
That is a good puzzle.
Maybe they came from four different machines, and one of the machines was off by .004", didn't slam the form as hard on the final nose operation, whatever that might be? I dunno. Maybe four days different production and the fourth day was a Friday afternoon?

Well if the bullet weights are in tolerance then the little bit of nose shape difference won't matter.

Well if I wasn't such a stupid lazy bastard, I would have weighed 'em in the first place

Stand by

Elmo

All right,here it is...


1.494" = 300.0 grns
1.490" = 299.7 grns

The plot thickens....

Elmo

elmo,
That ain't bad. It is only 0.1% by weight, and the World Renowned GSC bullets claim to be +/- 0.25%.

Now you can sort your bullets by weight or length if you want to obsess about it, but I wouldn't. Go shoot'em into tiny groups without sorting.

It isn't the length differences that will cause problems but rather if the ogives are different as this is what determines how close the bullet is to the lands.

Hey, folks, thanks for all the answers!

I like how the BTs shoot in mine, but... dang, they sure eat up a lot of powder space if you seat to the cannelure -- which I usually do for hunting rounds, followed by a crimp.

Russ