Barnes 140 Match Burners?

[ken226]

Both my current 6.5 Creedmoor and my previous .260 shot very well with Hornady bullets. I've been using 140 Amax bullets since I stockpiled before the 2012 election.

I also had some good loads worked up for the Hornady 140 eld-m and 140 bthp, which shoot as good as the Amax did.

I just finished shooting the last of my 140 Amax stockpile. The 140 Amax is no longer manufactured, and the eld-m and BTHP match are completely sold-out everywhere.

I came across a case of 140 grn Barns Match Burners @ Powder Valley. Since they appeared the be the last reasonably priced 140 grain 6.5 bullets in-stock, anywhere in the world, I ordered them.

How are these bullets? Any tips or tricks to getting them to shoot well? Are they consistent?

 

[wil_pt]

Blue Collar has 140 eldms. https://www.bluecollarreloading.com...r-eld-match-26331?_pos=4&_sid=57c01408a&_ss=r

 

[ken226]

Blue Collar has 140 eldms. https://www.bluecollarreloading.com...r-eld-match-26331?_pos=4&_sid=57c01408a&_ss=r

I should have asked here first. It took 2 minutes for someone to find some.

So, how bout those match burners?

 

[wil_pt]

I tried a box of 140 match burners last year and was able to get this at 100 yards. Didn’t do further testing as I was using eldms.

 

[ken226]

I would be very happy with that. It's also very very close to my Hornady bthp match load. I used 41.6 grains of RL16 with .02 jump, 2725 fps. Group size averaging about .5"

That's encouraging. Thanks.

 

[atepointer]

Anyone else have any recent experiences with the Burner 140s?

 

[Halfnutz]

Hopefully will be doing load development with them soon. I've worked up a good load with Hornady 140gr BTHP using Staball, and hope they are similar.

 

[atepointer]

That's pretty funny I run 43.8 StaBall with Horndaddy BTHP....insanely accurate for me been quite pleased with it.

 

[Halfnutz]

Yeah, the availability and 2 box limits were what made me want to try the Barnes, was able to get 600 in 2 lot numbers and then landed a box of 500. I've got about the same amount of Hornadys.

My sweet spot was just about the same at 43.8 iirc.

 

[Simonsza1]

I just settled on a load for the hunters challenge next week with the 140 burners. My match load is a 130 eldm but couldn’t really make power factor which is how I ended up with the Barnes. Once I found a good speed node I played with seating depth all the way out to a hundred thou. .015 off was the best, nice tight groups, seems like a good bullet.