Originally Posted by
WV Hunter
BarnesAddict....I don't think there is any doubt that a Barnes is considered a better bullet than a shockwave/sst.
But, just because someone somewhere had less than desired performance doesn't condemn the bullet to being bad overall. In fact, the general consensus is that they are pretty good bullets that typically perform well, and usually shoot very good.
IIRC, there was a good deal of conversation on those pics you posted in a thread last year or maybe it was longer ago. My opinon on that 2nd pic... I believe it had to be a dud load. I can't see how it could not do anything unless it was going really, really slow.
You do recall correctly, there was a conversation about it. There is certainly some missing pieces of the puzzle and many believe that there was something wrong with the powder (pellets) or something else. It doesn't make much sense for a bullet known to pass through animals when it expands to not pass through an animal when it doesn't expand. And, since the story is second or third hand information and not Barnesaddicts own, who really knows what happened.