lanman
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- Dec 3, 2011
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I load for a friends 22-250. His daughter uses it to shoot hogs in N. Florida.
I have in the past loaded 53G Barnes TSX's and 60 grain Partitions for him and he said he preferred the on game performance of the 60 PT.
I picked up a couple boxes of 64 BSB's recently and he was low on ammo so I acquired his rifle for a test session.
When he dropped off the rifle he gave me 2 of the remaining 60PT and a single corelokt remington he had purchased.
First I shot a 100 yard group with the 64BSB. two touching and one < 1" low. I noticed the bolt was pretty stiff and I had extractor marks.. Too Hot.
I went back and looked at QL and it predicted 3500fps.. Definetely hotter than I need. Don't recall where I got that original data from.
then I shot a 64 BSB into the jugs.. I found it in the bottom of jug # 4.. Weighing 48.8g for 76.25% weight retention..
Set up some new jugs and shot a 60PT.. I also found it in the bottom of jug #4 weighing 46.3 for 77.6% weight retention.
For grins I ran the second 60 PT and it was found in jug 4 also, however, it hit the back so hard it poked a hole in #5. also weighed 46.3 / 77.6%
Last up was the factory corelokt. I'm not sure of the grain weight of the bullet, it was supplied with the gun.
The corelokt poked a hole in the third jug, but did not enter. I found pieces on the table and in jug #2.. Jug #2 had multiple holes as if the bullet fragmented.
Here is the BSB.
Both 60 PT's were about identical.
In summary...I think the 64 BSB and the 60PT are both pretty tough little dudes. I thought the 64BSB was going to out perform the 60PT by a fair amount. Not really what I see in these results. If you are going to use a 22cal to shoot large game, I think these would be two of the best bullet choices. I think I would pick the one that shot best in my gun.
Dan-O
I have in the past loaded 53G Barnes TSX's and 60 grain Partitions for him and he said he preferred the on game performance of the 60 PT.
I picked up a couple boxes of 64 BSB's recently and he was low on ammo so I acquired his rifle for a test session.
When he dropped off the rifle he gave me 2 of the remaining 60PT and a single corelokt remington he had purchased.
First I shot a 100 yard group with the 64BSB. two touching and one < 1" low. I noticed the bolt was pretty stiff and I had extractor marks.. Too Hot.
I went back and looked at QL and it predicted 3500fps.. Definetely hotter than I need. Don't recall where I got that original data from.
then I shot a 64 BSB into the jugs.. I found it in the bottom of jug # 4.. Weighing 48.8g for 76.25% weight retention..
Set up some new jugs and shot a 60PT.. I also found it in the bottom of jug #4 weighing 46.3 for 77.6% weight retention.
For grins I ran the second 60 PT and it was found in jug 4 also, however, it hit the back so hard it poked a hole in #5. also weighed 46.3 / 77.6%
Last up was the factory corelokt. I'm not sure of the grain weight of the bullet, it was supplied with the gun.
The corelokt poked a hole in the third jug, but did not enter. I found pieces on the table and in jug #2.. Jug #2 had multiple holes as if the bullet fragmented.
Here is the BSB.
Both 60 PT's were about identical.
In summary...I think the 64 BSB and the 60PT are both pretty tough little dudes. I thought the 64BSB was going to out perform the 60PT by a fair amount. Not really what I see in these results. If you are going to use a 22cal to shoot large game, I think these would be two of the best bullet choices. I think I would pick the one that shot best in my gun.
Dan-O
