Barnes Expander out of a Knight

[moosehunter]

Anyone who has shot Barnes expanders know how hard it is to shove them down a barrel. Last week at the Classic I was talking to one of the Knight guys about that and other stuff and he said this one Barnes (http://www.barnesbullets.com/products/muzzleloader/spit-fire-mz/) in the 285 gr size has been shooting really well from the Knights. I guess I didn't ask him on the load. Barnes also came out with an easy load sabot but I havn't tried those yet.

[gersdorf]

I shoot those in 245gr. w/ 100gr of pellets. Great bullets!

[Limb Chicken]

Perry,
I am using the TMZ and have been having good success. I used to use the expander but put them on the shelf because of the hard loading.

[BW]

I have used .50 cal 250 grain expanders for several years in my MK-85. I just put some bore butter on the sabot before loading. I also punch the bore before reloading and apply bore butter. It's worth the effort at 100 yards. I also solved the cold weather issue with bore butter. I put it into an empty chapstick tube when it is warm. You can keep it in a pocket near your body and twist it out quick when below freezing. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cool.gif

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