Barnes 250 TMZ or Bloodline for Whitetail?

[Dedduc]

Looking to find the best bullet there is for my Mountaineer. All shots would be under 200 yards. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[MrTom]

Find out which each will do on paper out to that 200 yards. I'm a Barnes guy myself when using the BH209 guns. Smokeless? I will be using the Fury .40 225 I am pretty certain. I'm not big on having pieces and parts of a bullet migrating thru meat I might want to eat. They both will kill a deer.

 

[03mossy]

Under 200 yards Barnes have never let me down!

 

[sabotloader]

Looking to find the best bullet there is for my Mountaineer. All shots would be under 200 yards. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Personally, I use Bloodlines and now SSK Brass bullets. I would not even consider changing at this point.

But, right now I believe you might want to look at this SSK bullet. 458x265CF-HP with a Harvester Crush Rib Sabot. I have shot several of them and they are really accurate. The CF function on these works down to 750fps. Awesome bullet.

 

[SDK]

I am waiting on a box of the SSK bullets to see how they compare to Barnes in my inlines. Any load data or impressions you would care to share would be much appreciated.

I will be using them for deer in an area that sight lines don’t go much beyond 125 yards…

 

[03mossy]

Sabotloader are these the ones you’re suggesting? Looking for new bullets for my kids Knights with about a 90 grain charge of 777


https://www.sskfirearms.com/400-cal...racturing-hunting-muzzleloader-bullets-1.html

 

[bronko220002]

I'm pretty sure those are the ones. I'm waiting and hoping they start making the 260 gr ones again. They shot so good out of my 45 moutaineer

 

[sabotloader]

03mossy

Yes, those are the ones! 90 grains T7 by volume will drive these bullets really well and because they will work down to 750 fps - it will do an outstanding job!

Check these threads out...

https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/black-powder/429346-update-ssk-458x260-265cf-brass-bullet.html
https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/black-powder/429348-do-new-brass-bullets-ssk-work.html
These bullets were originally made as a full bore 45 bullet, but the powder cup walls were machined to thick to work. So Dave added the Harvest sabot and said shoot them in a 50. I did and they shot great.

 

[sabotloader]

I am waiting on a box of the SSK bullets to see how they compare to Barnes in my inlines. Any load data or impressions you would care to share would be much appreciated.

I will be using them for deer in an area that sight lines don’t go much beyond 125 yards…

I can share this information. It says Lehigh bullet but it reflects the SSK version also.

 

[SDK]

Thank you for the chart and links! I’m looking forward to seeing how these perform vs my Barnes TEZ 260’s

Best case is I wind up with two great options for deer…

 

[Travis299]

Barnes 250 gr T-EZ shot bullet that took a nice buck weighed 246 gr.

 

[03mossy]

I’ll post in the success story section when we get home but my son got to test out an SSK bullet on a buck today. Let’s just say we are believers now!

 

[Muley Hunter]

Be happy you have the choice. No sabots where I live.