Barnes "Anomaly"

[tarbe]

When I was loading up some 180gr TTSX today I noticed that two of the bullets in one of my boxes have almost a red color inside the grooves (hope the pic loads). Th bullet in the center is normal and the two on the outside have the odd coloration in the grooves.

Only two bullets out of the two boxes I worked out of had this coloration. Almost as if they were painted.

Anyone else ever see this??

 

[tarbe]

Maybe overheated when the grooves were cut?? Except the color is limited to the bottom of the grooves.

 

[tarbe]

Weird...

 

[sestoppelman]

anomaly??

 

[tarbe]

anomaly??

All right smart ass!!

Been a long day. Loading ammo and working on taxes. Ugh.

 

[sestoppelman]

Well I was just wondering if you meant that or some kind of weird alloy or bullet coating I never heard of.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Something for sure was different the day those bullets were made. Not the first time I've seen anomalies from Barnes, not personally, but I've seen such things reported on the web. I'd send the info to Barnes and see what their take is on it.

 

[BRICKBURN]

New one to me.

 

[tarbe]

Well I was just wondering if you meant that or some kind of weird alloy or bullet coating I never heard of.

Yeah, that's it....a derivative of moly!

 

[tarbe]

I guess I will send the good folks at Barnes a pic and see what they say.

 

[lcq]

As long as it is limited to the bottom of the groove there won't be any contact with the barrel. It would be interesting to see how thick it is by scratching it with a pin.

 

[JimP]

It could be something as simple as too much heat at one time in the groove. I am not sure just how they manufacture their bullets but it it requires a lubricant to help form the grooves then that could be it.

I doubt that you will get much of a answer from them about it except for them to say that they are safe to shoot. I once came across a gross misprint in one of their reloading manuals that could of caused some major grief and all they sent me was the correct load data for that round and bullet.

 

[Areaonereal]

Probably dried lubricant when the grooves were cut, may not have gotten removed during final phase of inspection, jmo. Shootem, May be magic accuracy fairy dust, and wish you had more like them.

 

[tarbe]

It could be something as simple as too much heat at one time in the groove. I am not sure just how they manufacture their bullets but it it requires a lubricant to help form the grooves then that could be it.

I doubt that you will get much of a answer from them about it except for them to say that they are safe to shoot. I once came across a gross misprint in one of their reloading manuals that could of caused some major grief and all they sent me was the correct load data for that round and bullet.

The Barnes manual I own is full of bad data/miss-prints. I have never seen so many in one manual! By "full" I mean at least 4 or 5 that I have found. Totally unacceptable. I was shocked when I found one in my Lyman 49th.

 

[tarbe]

Probably dried lubricant when the grooves were cut, may not have gotten removed during final phase of inspection, jmo. Shootem, May be magic accuracy fairy dust, and wish you had more like them.

I was loading my stash to take to Africa...so they got culled!

I might keep them....you never know. They might become collector's items!

 

[BRICKBURN]

................ Shootem, May be magic accuracy fairy dust, and wish you had more like them.

Bring out the red magic markers and you can make more like them. Super accuracy ink.

 

[Diamondhitch]

Maybe they are racing stripes. Did you chrony them? They may be faster than the others.

 

[tarbe]

I doubt that you will get much of a answer from them about it except for them to say that they are safe to shoot.

You nailed it!

Tim
Judging from the pictures it looks like an odd oxidation on them, this is only cosmetic, there is no difference in the materials used or in the construction of the bullet, I would use those bullets with full confidence.


"Odd oxidation"?

Only in the bottom of the grooves?

That would be odd.

Alrighty then....

 

[IdaRam]

Looks like red "dykem" layout die to me. Just not sure why...
We use red commonly to identify discrepant parts.

 

[Rob404]

Heres a theory they put a red dye so they know how many bullets they manufactured on that run so they aren't miss marked when packaged the red mark is picked up by an electric eye of sorts just a thought