Siringo wrote:In my opinion -- part of the problem with the 200 gr. Barnes is they are so short for the caliber and being somewhat pointed -- have little bearing surface. With the chamber of the 450 having .10" (?) freebore and a diameter of .452", the .4505" Barnes (this is what mine measure) bounce back and for before they hit the rifling. They really do not get a nice good straight start.
No Doubt you are probably right. My self, as long as it shoots Minute of Grizzle, I'm Happy. I don't look at the 450b as a bench rest weapon, but then again you can't tell some, in theses parts, that have had incredible accuracy, that it isn't a wonderfully, benchrest type, accurate cartridge. So, what do I know? I need some things I shoot, dead, as in really dead and in a real hurry. If the bullet has the right construction, speed kills, even if accuracy suffers, but as long as I can then-therefore hit, my intended target, ding, ding, ding. FYI.. The Freebore is exactly .200"..t