Have two boxes (their limit) coming from Midway. .703 advertised G1. Called Barnes and asked what the G7 was and the gentleman told me .350. I asked how they derive their BCs and he said they shoot them at 300 yards. Even if they don’t reach their stated numbers, if they group they might be ok...

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John

I have 600, waiting for nicer weather to try them. Look very similar to the 150 Sierra match king.

I'm a Ballistic Lab Tech at Barnes. The other day, the boss asked if i'd bring in one of my 6.5x47's. He wanted to see what I could do with two different 145 MB lot #'s from my rifle. A well worn (2700 rounds) 26" Hawkhill, 1:8", Marksman contour which I recently had carbon wrapped. I have two proven loads using Lapua brass, CCI 450, H4350. I went with the lower powder charge since the upper powder charge is max in my rifle. I used their H4350, Rem 7-1/2 and 0x fired Lapua brass for the test. For brass prep all I did was run the case mouths over a RCBS FL sizer expander ball to even up the necks. I set the COAL .135" off the lands as that is what works in my AI 5 and 10 rd mags. Use our Chargemasters for weighing powder charges. My worst 5-shot group was .8".....the best was .34". SD's were single digit. Another tech shot a .36" with the boss' rifle.

I've gone through two 100 count boxes for load development in two of my rifles and recently bought two of the 500 count bulk boxes for the years NRL Hunter competitions. These bullets shoot!

Alan

Thanks Alan. Looking forward to trying them.

John

https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/145-grain-6-5-barnes-match-burner.6972614/

Doing some QC testing the other night at work, shooting a 10 shot group from the 6.5x47. Nine shots went .3 and the 10th opened the group to .4". I used them in the 6.5x47 last week in New Mexico for the NRL Hunter match. The rifle and bullets were hammering the steel. Took a Brux barrel certificate off the prize table. New 6.5x47 barrel in my future.

Alan

You find the advertised BC to be accurate?

I have more testing to do but they are showing some promise. Five shots at 500 yards from my 6.5 Creedmoor hunting rig. Not bad from a #3 barrel.

John