I recommend that all loads be worked up safely to this point I am about to share.

I have recently been behind 4 different calibers that have used a combination of Reloader 22 and the Barnes XLC bullets and have proved to be accurate.

All 4 of these guns were worked up from a mid- load and stayed at 1.5" groups until they all reached a .5 grain off of their max load listed in the Barnes manual. When all four of these guns were shot at that load they all had 5-shot groups where all of the bullets touched and punched one-hole.

The four calibers used were: .300 Win Mag, ,338 Remington Ultra Mag, .270 Winchester, .270 Weatherby Mag

This combination seems to work so far, thought I would share it. If it works in other guns, please share.

My Pet Load: (.300 Win Mag) 79.5gr. RL22 w/ 180gr XLC XBT BARNES and Federal Gold Medal Large Magnum primers.

Good Shooting

Magnum61

Do you have problems when seating the XLC bullet where the blue stuff scrapes off and clogs up the seater die?

I've never had a clogging problem in the seater but I have had the coating scrape off. I usually clean my seating dies after loading with these bullets anyway to avoid problems. I think it's worth the little extra maintenance to get the accuracy and velocity gains with these bullets that I have been lucky enough to fall apon.

I use a Forster Ultra Bullet Seater and it has been an investment that I would pay double to have it if I had to buy it again.

Pics of targets w/ groups will be up soon.

If you are losing the coating then you need to use a VLD (Very Low Drag made by Lyman) tool on the inside of your case mouths. I had the same problem until I switched to the VLD during my case prep.