BARNES BULLETS WITH STEEL SHOT?

[mossback]

Got 2 boxes of Barnes Expander MZ 54 cal. 325 gr. from Cabelas and found 11 steel shot balls .530 dia. packed in the hollow end of one of the bullets. I really don't think it would hurt the gun since they would be leaving the barrel with the bullet.They where packed inside as if they where meant to be there.Any one ever run across something like this before.It was the only one I found in the box of 25.

 

[mossback]

make that a .130 dia steel shoot. not .530 dia

 

[2_Point]

I know that Barnes has had problems in the past with their X bullet not expanding. I heard that one of the trys to get the bullet to expand was by seating Steel shot in the point. I am not sure how you got 1 different bullet, but Barnes has never excited me. The Barnes factory is in my backyard and I have tried their stuff for years, nothing but bad luck.

Good luck to you.

 

[bluelk]

mossback: Sounds like a weird situation to me.