Barnes VOR-TX 500 Nitro 570gr Solid Flat Nose – Ultimate Elephant Load

Description

The Barnes VOR-TX 500 Nitro 570gr Solid is the non expanding loading for one of the great British dangerous game cartridges. It leaves the muzzle at roughly 2100 fps carrying about 5583 ft-lbs of energy. A note on identification: this listing is the Banded Solid, UPC 716876150175. Barnes also builds a TSX softpoint in this calibre under a different UPC, and the two are not interchangeable. Each box holds 20 rounds.

• Barnes VOR-TX 500 Nitro 570gr Solid Flat Nose Overview
• 570 Grain Banded Solid Performance
• Why Hunters Choose 500 Nitro Express Ammo
• Specifications
• Range Notes For This Flat Nose Solid For Double Rifles

Barnes VOR-TX 500 Nitro 570gr Solid Flat Nose Overview

The projectile is turned from a solid copper and zinc alloy with multiple relief bands machined into the shank. It does not expand at all, by design. The flat nose profile is what keeps it tracking straight through an elephant skull rather than deflecting off bone at an angle.

Those relief bands reduce bearing surface and chamber pressure, which matters enormously in a cartridge originally designed around cordite and black powder era pressure limits. A modern solid that spiked pressure would be dangerous in the vintage doubles many of these rifles are.

570 Grain Banded Solid Performance

A banded solid is measured by penetration alone. On a frontal brain shot on elephant, which is the job this cartridge and this bullet exist for, nothing else works. An expanding bullet opens too early and stops short of the brain.

The flat meplat is not a detail. A round nose solid can glance off the sloping bone of an elephant skull; a flat nose bites and drives straight. It is the difference between a stopped animal and a very bad afternoon.

Why Hunters Choose 500 Nitro Express Ammo

The 500 Nitro Express is a double rifle cartridge. It was designed for side by side doubles and single shot rifles used at very close range on elephant and buffalo, and it remains one of the most effective stopping cartridges ever built.

This 500 Nitro Express ammo exists because most African jurisdictions require solids for elephant, and because a modern lead free solid is now preferred over the traditional steel jacketed designs. Barnes builds it to the original pressure standard so it is appropriate for the rifles it will actually be fired from.

Be clear about what a solid is not for. It will pass through a plains game animal leaving a narrow wound channel. Use a softpoint for anything you expect to drop on the spot, and keep solids for the job they were designed to do.

Specifications

Range Notes For This Flat Nose Solid For Double Rifles

If you shoot a double rifle, regulation is everything. The two barrels were regulated at the factory to converge with a specific load, and no other ammunition is guaranteed to put both barrels in the same place. Shoot a regulation target with this exact load before you rely on it, and do not assume it matches whatever the rifle was built around.

This is a flat nose solid for double rifles and single shots. Check chamber length before ordering, because the 500 Nitro Express exists in 3 inch and other case lengths and they are not interchangeable.

Recoil is extreme and ammunition is expensive. Most owners fire a handful of rounds to confirm regulation and carry the rest. Store the Barnes VOR-TX 500 Nitro 570gr Solid cool and dry, and inspect it after a long flight in a hold.

Lead Free Elephant Ammunition Availability

Hunters booked for elephant or buffalo with a double rifle, professional hunters carrying a stopping rifle, and anyone hunting where non toxic projectiles are required will get the most from this lead free elephant ammunition. Full factory details are published by Barnes Bullets.

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