Barnes Bullets?????
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: WIS
Posts: 44
Barnes Bullets?????
Was thinking of trying Barnes copper bullets TSX for the 2011 deer season, has any one had any experince shooting them and any problem with copper build up in barrel and how was there performance on agame and how did they group at the range??
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Clermont Florida U.S.
Posts: 4,970
I've used them for a couple of years in a 25-06 and a 30-06... no problems what-so-ever. They shoot great at the range, and kill deer without issue. I have also not had extra copper cleaning concerns in the barrel. IMO, they are a great choice.
#4
I shoot barnes out of all my big game rifles, very accurate and doesn't make venison ruining exit wounds if it hits a rib or shoulder. The only other bullet i use is Berger for big game, but they seem like they are a excellent L.R. hunting bullet but punch some big holes under 200yds
#6
Alot of people like them, personally I dont! They do shoot good, but I work in a taxidermy shop and have seen several animals come in through the years shot with them, where the bullets failed to expand properly. Last year my boss shot a spike elk with a 375 H&H, using 300gr TSX. It took 4 shots to kill the elk, we retrieved 2 of the bullets both had very little expansion, one had bent looked like it had enter sideways. Also a good friend of mine used them on a moose two years ago with the same kind of results. This is just a couple of examples I have personally seen, I can post pictures of the bullets, I believe my boss kept them. I have heard stories with people having great sucsess with them, even know people that will only use them, I wont!
#8
planning to use 243-85gr TSX on antelope.
btw I'm not surprised with the 375-300gr TSX on elk...that's a cape buffalo style load.
Also the TSX has 99-100% weight retention? aren't they kinda designed to punch through? they expand, I forget down to what velocity...either way penetration is what they do right, not blow up inside an animal.
#9
what have you used the 243 on? results? how about the 270?
planning to use 243-85gr TSX on antelope.
btw I'm not surprised with the 375-300gr TSX on elk...that's a cape buffalo style load.
Also the TSX has 99-100% weight retention? aren't they kinda designed to punch through? they expand, I forget down to what velocity...either way penetration is what they do right, not blow up inside an animal.
planning to use 243-85gr TSX on antelope.
btw I'm not surprised with the 375-300gr TSX on elk...that's a cape buffalo style load.
Also the TSX has 99-100% weight retention? aren't they kinda designed to punch through? they expand, I forget down to what velocity...either way penetration is what they do right, not blow up inside an animal.
#10