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![[Linked Image]](http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr296/378Canuck/DSCN0050.jpg) Besides I like the cartridge box better. This one has been to Africa and back. LOL Ah, the elephant packs. I had those with my first 460  I wish Wby kept those packets as well as the tiger etc and also those catalogues they used to sell way back in the 60s,70s
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I agree with you all the way around. I've used the 378 for several years now and find both the cartridge and the Mark V to be fine performers. The performance of the Barnes TSX bullets is outstanding; the stories of viscious recoil largely exaggerated. In fact, if I had to choose one rifle and cartridge combination to hunt the globe, that would be it. Not perfect for many things, but perfect for anything.
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It would be great if Barnes got off their buttocks and made a high BC TTSX for the 378 Bee instead of those cast-bullet BC look-alike TSX's!
Been begging for years now!
They got another e-mail from me this week. Once a month religiously!!!!
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It would be great if Barnes got off their buttocks and made a high BC TTSX for the 378 Bee instead of those cast-bullet BC look-alike TSX's!
Been begging for years now!
They got another e-mail from me this week. Once a month religiously!!!! What seems to be holding Barnes back on this bullet? Lack of demand or lack of technical ability? I have zero issues with the 270 TSX to 400 yards or a bit further but it would be interesting to see what a true long range bullet would do out of the 378. It might surprise quite a few riflemen. Good luck on your quest...
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I think the US manufacturers have drawn the line at the 338 caliber. The TTSX, swift Scirocco, Interbond etc etc
Anything over they see as a close quarters hammer. Brown bear, buffalo etc.
That was the case of yesteryear but with the 378 Bee, the 375 RUM and others they need to offer something else to exploit the long range capabilities and power that these rounds can offer.
Heck I would even take a nice 375 300 grain VLD for most big game! And yes I asked for that too......many times.
Now if the get the GS Customs rolling here in the US then I am in! Can not really afford them shipped from South Africa.
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Perhaps with a dash of good luck we will see the bullets you seek offered for the 378. I'd like to try them myself and still have a few hundred of the Sierra 350 grain MatchKings to play with, though I wouldn't presume to hunt big game with them. I would imagine that eventually the big manufacturers will run out of other small calibers to play with and get around to the .375" stuff, maybe then Berger or Barnes will step up to the plate. Maybe it'll be Swift or Hornady.
Heck, maybe we could call Corbin and do it ourselves!
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North Fork makes a .375 caliber 350g soft point now. One of those at 2700 fps would certainly make an impression. They don't list ballistic coefficient but their bullets have a great reputation for expanding over the entire velocity range and holding together and still penetrating at very high velocities. They aren't cheap though ... http://www.northforkbullets.com/magento/bullets/375-350-ss.html/
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I wonder about the 350's? I can launch a 300TSX at 3000+ ft/sec, what would I gain by the change unless the BC is extremely high and can compensate for the weight gain. Probably to get any real world gain I would have to go to a 30+ inch barrel and then I wouldn't have a carry type rifle any more. For the moment I will stay with what I got because I know the 300 TSX are deadly on large game and do a fine job.
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Anyone looking for a Weatherby MkV Deluxe in 378? Brother has one of those for sale too, along with his 500 Jeffrey. Pm me if anyone is interested. The 378 has been modified with mercury tubes and had the finish dulled up.
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North Fork makes a .375 caliber 350g soft point now. One of those at 2700 fps would certainly make an impression. They don't list ballistic coefficient but their bullets have a great reputation for expanding over the entire velocity range and holding together and still penetrating at very high velocities. They aren't cheap though ... http://www.northforkbullets.com/magento/bullets/375-350-ss.html/ They pretty have the same BC;s as the swift A-frames which is to say mediocre at best BTW I did e-mail Berger for a 300 hunting VLD. The ultimate LR elk gun! GS Custom makes a 300 gr HV wit a BC of .475. I can easily launch this at 3100 fps. I just can not afford $140.00 for 50.
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E-mail from Barnes today! Fotis
We have received a number of requests for a tipped .375 bullet, I would not be surprised if they came out with one for the new year.
Thanks,
Ryan Farr | Consumer Services
Barnes Bullets, LLC
email  barnesbullets.com
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I am trying like hell!
Same for a Nosler e-tip and a VLD
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L'd try them out if they aren't 2 bucks a pop.
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You could try the Woodleigh 350gr VLD. Those are monsters!
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I only have a .375 Wby, but if I had a .378 Wby, I would really want to try out the 350gr TSX, which has a B.C. of 0.425. I assume you could get about 2,700-2,800 fps out of it out of a .378, which would be pretty wicked against really big things. ...not to mention your shoulder and fillings.
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Here is the results of some of the 'old' 250 grain Barnes X's. I had bought about 400 of them as they were boattails. I had never seen them before and haven't seen them since. Bought them back in about 1994 or so. Unfortunately I am down to 11 rounds. They are backed by 144.5 grs of H4350 and of course Fed 215's. I am now reading and trying to decide what I am going to replace them with... In all the years and elk I have shot the 250's I have only recovered one. It was on a bull that was quarterning away at 446 yards. It entered just outside the left hip and lodged about 10 inches from it's right ear. It weighed 236 grains and looked just like one of Barnes advertisement pictures. ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c103/lostrivercamps/3elkday014Largee-mailview.jpg)
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Here is the results of some of the 'old' 250 grain Barnes X's. I had bought about 400 of them as they were boattails. I had never seen them before and haven't seen them since. Bought them back in about 1994 or so. Unfortunately I am down to 11 rounds. They are backed by 144.5 grs of H4350 and of course Fed 215's. I am now reading and trying to decide what I am going to replace them with... In all the years and elk I have shot the 250's I have only recovered one. It was on a bull that was quarterning away at 446 yards. It entered just outside the left hip and lodged about 10 inches from it's right ear. It weighed 236 grains and looked just like one of Barnes advertisement pictures. Holy cow! What cartridge was this in? Or is that a typo?
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Here is the results of some of the 'old' 250 grain Barnes X's. I had bought about 400 of them as they were boattails. I had never seen them before and haven't seen them since. Bought them back in about 1994 or so. Unfortunately I am down to 11 rounds. They are backed by 144.5 grs of H4350 and of course Fed 215's. I am now reading and trying to decide what I am going to replace them with... In all the years and elk I have shot the 250's I have only recovered one. It was on a bull that was quarterning away at 446 yards. It entered just outside the left hip and lodged about 10 inches from it's right ear. It weighed 236 grains and looked just like one of Barnes advertisement pictures. Holy cow! What cartridge was this in? Or is that a typo? Probably meant 104.5gr
It's not that Liberals are unwilling to listen to another point of view, they are just simply amazed that another one exists.
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Typo, big time. 114.5 is what it should have read.
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