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Anything special about them? Anything especially bad about them?
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Main idea for them is to keep Eagles..Vultures....Condors from eating lead fragments on carcasesses
Or if you live in Commfornia
T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
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I was just wondering if they actually function well as varmint bullets. I can get a bunch of them cheap.
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I never used them on varmints but have worked up loads for predator hunting in my 22-204, 5.6x50R, 6x45mm and 6mm-204. They work just fine. I like the 55gr NBT Lead-Free's in the 6mms and 40 gr NBT Lead-Frees in the .224's. I did have problems with seriously large exits with the 62gr Varmint Grenades but they were accurate. 40gr NBT LF out of the 22-204. I've killed a number of coyotes with the 6mm and they work fine also. ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/8676/AxVnvZ.jpg) Our state was talking about going lead-free so I got on the stick and was going to have ammo ready to go so I would be out hunting instead of sitting home knashing my teeth over the stupid new law. If it ever did happen I'd stay hunting.
Last edited by erich; 09/23/20.
After the first shot the rest are just noise.
Make mine a Minaska
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Bought 500 rounds from Nosler for my 222 on some ammo closeout they were having. 35 gr lead-free. They shoot about 1” at 100 yards, but the gun will shoot 1/2” with most other ammo. It’s hard to fault the bullets as I’m not really convinced this load is the best for a 14 twist 22” sporter barrel. Fortunately, I got them on the cheap and will just use em up for the brass.
Yours in Liberty,
BL
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guess I'm luckier than you guys.. work fine in everything I own.. same with Hornady's lead free NTX bullets..
don't use a lot of them tho, because they are spendier.....
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
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I never used them on varmints but have worked up loads for predator hunting in my 22-204, 5.6x50R, 6x45mm and 6mm-204. They work just fine. I like the 55gr NBT Lead-Free's in the 6mms and 40 gr NBT Lead-Frees in the .224's. I did have problems with seriously large exits with the 62gr Varmint Grenades but they were accurate. 40gr NBT LF out of the 22-204. I've killed a number of coyotes with the 6mm and they work fine also. Our state was talking about going lead-free so I got on the stick and was going to have ammo ready to go so I would be out hunting instead of sitting home knashing my teeth over the stupid new law. If it ever did happen I'd stay hunting. That drag/tail puller sure looks familiar...got a buddy that markets those....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I use the 62 Barnes on pigs.
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I live in CA and am forced to use them. They work fine for what I do (squirrels and other small vermin).
I shoot them out of a .204 and a .22-250.
Barnes Varmint Grenades in the 50 grain version key hole at 100 yards out of my 1:14 Remington 700 .22-250.
So now I'm shooting the 36 grain version without issue.
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