Barnes bullets actual weight?????

[Hoofmender]

Hey all...... I acquired 4 boxes of Barnes TTSX 25 cal 100 gr polymer tipped boattails that I want to try in my .257 Roberts, and my .257 Ackley Improved..... I opened a box and ran the bullets across the scale... none of them weighed anywhere near 100gr.... the lightest was 105.1gr , the heaviest weighed 105.6 gr..... all boxes are the same lot, so I expect the other three to be similar..... I've seen larger spreads before but I'm curious as to why these are actually 105gr bullets but labeled as 100gr? Any ideas?
I'm thinking whatever I hit with them won't know the difference........ thanks, DW

 

[Gary in MD]

That sounds surprising, are you sure that your scale is calibrated?
I just weighed 5
2 - 100.1
2 - 99.9
1 - 100.0

 

[Ned Ludd]

As noted, check your balance with a calibrated weight in the same approximate weight range. If that checks out, you probably received a slightly heavy Lot#. Having said that, a Lot# of bullets that is ~5 gr over the advertised weight seems VERY bad to me. If that turns out to be the case, I'd probably be looking for a different brand of bullets.

 

[Hoofmender]

That sounds surprising, are you sure that your scale is calibrated?
I just weighed 5
2 - 100.1
2 - 99.9
1 - 100.0

Yep…. I thought that at first…. Recalibrated and exact same results……. Weighed some 100gr Speer hot cores and they were fine.