Originally Posted by
jeepkid
... If it was a "failure" of a Barnes bullet then it would've just penciled thru, no expansion at all, and that does happen with Barnes bullets sometimes. Being recovered, to me, seems like it would've had to expand a great deal and therefore isn't a "failure". Perhaps just unlucky shot placement and didn't connect with any vitals?
The only impact performance issues I have had with a Barnes have been the occasional apparent failure to open, and in one instance the bullet did not travel in a straight line. The straight line issue was odd as the bullet entered the shoulder of a 500 pound antelope broadside at under 100 yards and somehow turned and ended up under the skin very far back on the opposite side. The bullet expanded normally and the antelope was very dead but the skinners and PH were baffled at the path of the bullet. Strange thing do happen but the OP's reported experience is a bit too strange.