Barnes T-EZ ----VS---- Barnes T-MZ

[SWThomas]

I was wondering if there would be any difference in accuracy between these two bullets? I've fired the 290g T-EZ and seem to get pretty good accuracy with them. But the T-MZ has a boat tail base and the T-EZ has a flat base. What's the advantage/disadvantage of a boat tail versus a flat?

 

[Lee 9]

There very well could be, they are both good bullets in the majority of guns but do to the 360 degree vibration of a rifled barrel there are very few bullets if any that are consistent from gun to gun in the same brand;
the point I am making here is that the ONLY way to really know what will work well in a particular gun is to try it and keep a record.
The advantage of a boat tail base is reducing drag.
The disadvantage of a boat tail base in a muzzle loader is it requires a special sabot that as far as I know only comes in one petal thickness so if your barrel does not fit the bullet sabot combo you can not adjust it by using a different sabot. Lee

 

[rlp10ml]

The Boat-tail version can only be used with a boat-tail designed sabot.Actually there are 2 different sabots available for the boat-tails.Barnes has the Yellow sabot and Knight also has a "Easy glide" sabot available for them.I do believe that the easy glide has a little thinner petals.What is really nice about the T-EZ flat-based is that you have a bunch of choices between sabots to fine tune to your gun.I have shot both and have not really noticed a bunch of difference.

 

[black powder]

somebody correct me if iam wrong but ..i bought a box of KNIGHT EZ LOAD BARNES PBT high pressure sabots ..250gr. and they are easy to load in my T/C ENCORE ..waiting for the snow to melt ,to try them out..

 

[Busta]

Wait for the pic to load in the top post by Chuck. Check the top right for the measurements of the boat-tail bullets, also the listed 300 grain is actually a 290 grain. Graphics typo. The new blue EZ Loads w/bullets measure .501", the old Yellow sabots w/bullets measure .506". My knight loves the old yellow ones but doesn't like the new blue ones. Looks like Knight has discontinued the yellow, I hope Barnes doesn't too.

http://www.modernmuzzleloader.com/phpBB ... php?t=9798

 

[black powder]

Wait for the pic to load in the top post by Chuck. Check the top right for the measurements of the boat-tail bullets, also the listed 300 grain is actually a 290 grain. Graphics typo. The new blue EZ Loads w/bullets measure .501", the old Yellow sabots w/bullets measure .506". My knight loves the old yellow ones but doesn't like the new blue ones. Looks like Knight has discontinued the yellow, I hope Barnes doesn't too.

http://www.modernmuzzleloader.com/phpBB ... php?t=9798

yes i saw that [very well documented] i wanted to place an order for the BARNES TMZ [YELLOW SABOTS] and CABELAS in canada were all sold out .no rush i won't need them before the end of april ..