Project Rifle - New Sabotless Bullets

[sabotloader]

Some of you know I have already shot some 50x275 grain Barnes XPB's from the Project Gun, Today while I was killing time in Sportsman's Warehouse in Kennewick - i picked up a couple more experimental bullets to shoot.

I got a box of Speer .500x300 gr. Deep Curls... These bullets will load almost perfecty in the MK85 Wiseman barrel and to loose in the GM DISC barrels. Knurling the bullets creates a great fit in the DISC 50's that I have.

The Speers are a lot less expensive to shoot at paper and birds than the Barnes bullets - but by the looks of them they would be an excellent deer/elk bullet especially since they are 'Deep Curls'.

They are kinda stubby but for open sight ML's they really could be a good alternative for sabotless



When I got back to my daughters house I did open one of the boxes of 325 Barnes... I was surprised at their construction and the possibilty of decent areodynamics. I think it was GM54-120 that first mentioned them to me and I should have paid more attention...

These are really nice looking and I really do not doubt their performance factor - except maybe a very close range on a deer... elk no problem...





I really do want to get out and shoot these but we are looking a 90* + temps all next week... but, I wll get it done sometime...

 

[jls]

Get out there in the hot sun and get your work done:thumbup:

I will be waiting for your full report, am very interested in your testing. This could be a great sabot less alternative for us bp shooters.

I have a pair of wolverines, how do you know if you have a green mt. barrel? Any special advice on your file knurling techniques?

 

[sabotloader]

Get out there in the hot sun and get your work done:thumbup:

I will be waiting for your full report, am very interested in your testing. This could be a great sabot less alternative for us bp shooters.

I have a pair of wolverines, how do you know if you have a green mt. barrel?

Wolverines are automatically a GM barrel - but on the right side if the barrel there will be a GM symbol...

Something like this

Any special advice on your file knurling techniques?

I will get some pictures early next week but it is really easy...

 

[bowinhand]

After seeing the price of Thor bullets I was thinking about gluing sabot bottoms to some Barnes pictured like a power belt. Have you shot any Thor bullets?

 

[sabotloader]

After seeing the price of Thor bullets I was thinking about gluing sabot bottoms to some Barnes pictured like a power belt. Have you shot any Thor bullets?

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I have not shot a Thor at all, I am not really much of a Barnes fan, even though I know they are a very good bullet. I kinda grew up on the Nosler Partition line.

Expense... Barnes-Thors-Partitions-Bloodlines are all expensive.. it just so happens that the Barnes fit my 50 cal bores fairly well. I have never even looked at the price of Thors...

This is the sabotless that I have been shooting. It was an experimental run of bullets made by Lehigh - They fit White 504 cal guns really well but are to large for most others..



OK so i looked up the price of a Thor - WOW! - but them again if it works it might all be good...