We look forward to your report.

I do have to make a note, though, why I don't give much credibility to all these tests. We have a former forum member who always claimed that Shockwaves don't expand and just pencil through. Then, more recently, someone (I can't remember who and don't have time to search for the thread) posted the results of SWs shot into a snowbank and recovered after the snow melted. The 250gr SWs were VERY opened, and his conclusion was that is was a thin-skinned varmint bullet that couldn't be trusted because they open up too much. The same individual who claimed they penciled through (ie didn't open) then jumped on on the bandwagon that they are unrealiable because they blow up!

My point is, shooting in snow and they open up wide. Shoot into dirt and they don't open at all. Hard bullet penciling through or explosive varmint bullet. It can't all be true. I certainly don't think people are making this stuff up, only that the testing methods are of very limited informative value.

I go back to the verified reports on game....which, to me, show about the same as for every bullet out there -- mostly good success, most of the bad linked tho shot placement, and a handful of others that leave you wondering why the bullet performed more poorly than the majority. Which takes me back to my working hypothesis, the differences between bullets are over-hyped. Most people have good experiences with Barnes but I had one (out of a shotgun) explode on the surface of a shoulder blade on a soft, young deer without penetrating. Does that mean it's a bad bullet? Well, I haven't used them since but I'd still say no, I probably got a bum one. We pretend each bullet is exactly the same but like all manufactured products, some are good and there are always a few bad ones mixed in where the process didn't work quite right.