Recovered Barnes T-EZ 250 gr. Bullet

[01Foreman400]

After 18 years of shooting Barnes bullets in my rifles and muzzleloader I finally was able to recover one. It looks great and the edges are really sharp as well. I’m guessing this is 100% weight retention minus the polymer tip?

 

[redear]

great bullet, I use them out of a cva scout smokeless conversion , bullet to bore and they do wonderfully.

 

[retrieverman]

That’s great to know. I’ve killed a bunch of stuff with them and never recovered one.

 

[03mossy]

Picture perfect!! Barnes could use that one in an ad.

 

[jsteurrys]

I use those bullets in my .45 McRem SML. They shoot awesome. I got my buck with that bullet yesterday morning. Complete pass through. Only ran a short distance with an awesome blood trial.

 

[Widude]

Here’s one from my Knight 45 cal. It entered the side at an angle, ended up in the neck. It started at just over 2200 FPS.

 

[michiganmuzzy]

Here’s one from my Knight 45 cal. It entered the side at an angle, ended up in the neck. It started at just over 2200 FPS.

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Do you shoot that in a sabot or bore rider?

 

[Jamoe22560]

I shot one into a solid cedar log just to see how they expanded - looks identical to the one you retrieved - and yet people still use Powerbelts instead of a Barnes - the only thing I can come up with for that is Cheapskate - you get what you pay for.

 

[ram2]

I shot one into a solid cedar log just to see how they expanded - looks identical to the one you retrieved - and yet people still use Powerbelts instead of a Barnes - the only thing I can come up with for that is Cheapskate - you get what you pay for.

I have not seen Barnes TEZs for sale anywhere in almost 2 years. Who has them in stock now?

 

[Travis299]

Barnes 250 gr T-EZ which took a nice buck at about 50 yards. Recovered bullet weighed 247 gr.

 

[rangerod]

I have not seen Barnes TEZs for sale anywhere in almost 2 years. Who has them in stock now?

Both Muzzle-Loader.com and Midsouth Shooters supply sell them. Midsouth currently shows the 250 grn in stock. These really are a great bullet. I also think they're a great value.

 

[brad502a]

When I shoot sabots, I always shoot Barnes. I have recovered TWO bullets in 15 years. Both look like they were in an advertisement.

 

[Widude]

Do you shoot that in a sabot or bore rider?

My bullet pictured above was a 195 grain, .400” copper bullet. It was held in a Harvestor Muzzleloading light blue ‘ribbed’ sabot. My charge was 115 grains volume of B209.

Speaking of bullets, this year I used a simple Hornady 200 grain, .400” XTP, same sabot. I do like the Barnes bullets better, but the XTP shoots well also. Besides a close coyote, I took a 10 point at about 130 yards with the XTP. The deer never went more than 2 steps, just last weekend.

 

[Jamoe22560]

I have not seen Barnes TEZs for sale anywhere in almost 2 years. Who has them in stock now?

Honestly I don't know - I tend to stock up on things and have a plenty for the amount of shooting I do with them. Not to mention the Remington Accutips that are the same bullet with a green nose.

 

[ronlaughlin]

I have not seen Barnes TEZs for sale anywhere in almost 2 years. Who has them in stock now?

Here is a similar bullet, no lead, and works about the same as the TEZ. Actually it seems to work better than the TEZ at slow speed.

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

Nice pics!

I have only recovered 4 after many deer shot.

 

[Slingingslugs]

I have been using barnes bullets for a while. Have taken at least a dozen deer and probably 7 or 8 hogs and I have recovered one from a deer and one from a hog and they both were picture perfect.

 

[Pmbrac]

Looks perfect. Just bought some of these. Looking forward to trying them

 

[GLenn]

I started shooting Barnes bullets and shotgun slugs early on after seeing one of their pictures in an ad. That "pedal of death" sold me. And I like a lot of others had been shooting Powerbelt with the miserable performance in the muzzy. I actually recovered the first two bullets I shot in the muzzy. One from a neck shot on an 8 pointer and the other from a large doe that was not the best of hits and that was on me. That deer with a powerbelt would have been a lost deer. Here is my collection over the years. Bullet on bottom right was a "Thor" bullet from 2013 and was the last recovery.

 

[GM54-120]

Any you do recover will have expanded. The others might have penciled thru.