Barnes Originals for the 404Jeffery

[Capt_Oscar]

Does anyone have an idea when these were manufactured? (I have a message out to Barnes but haven't heard back yet). I know they are long ago, discontinued. Barnes Manual #3 doesn't have them listed. They are a standard cup and core RN SP, 400gr, 0.423 diameter.

I'm doing a load work-up with RL15 as I found some reference load data in an old magazine article 76gr - 80gr max.

I'd think these would make a great Lion or Crocodile load.

 

[Nevada Mike]

Barnes made bullets with jackets of various thicknesses to suit the application. I expect that these are pretty stout bullets. You might section one to get an idea of what you have.