Doug100g

Barnes are definitely a good bullets, but there are and have been times that the Barnes do not expand at closer ranges, especially when being pushed hard.

The Lehigh is a premium bullet carring about the same price tag as the Barnes but designed with a completely different theory of operation. Last week I shot a doe @ 197 yards with a 40cal 200 grain Lehigh. It sounds pretty much like your shot - double lung. I found that my shot was a little high... it clipped the back of both front legs, broke 2 ribs on this side and 2 ribs on the exit - pass through. The lungs were turned to just jello and the heart was pierced with a one of the bullet petals.

No lack of blood here and the deer did not go far at all.



The Speer Gold Dot - now called Deep Curl is an excellent production bullet - IMO the best...

Here are some picture of some that I treid to destroy in a torture test...