Another Barnes Bullets Success Story

The very noticeable reduction in meat loss when using Barnes is the primary reason I'm changing to them in a number of the primary calibers I use for big game. I saw graphic example of this difference in meat loss on my last Mule Deer hunt in AB with my Daughter and Son In Law. My two 'for mentioned' hunting partners brought back some examples of Barnes bullets that had done the job for them on their recent African hunt. ;)I've been converted:D.
 
John Spartan said:
I wouldn't mind using Barnes more often, but when the only offering available in a flat nosed bullet is in .30-30, I'll stick with cup and core or cast lead bullets to enjoy all of my lever guns in old chamberings.
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You woudn't generate enough velocity in a 30-30 to benefit from a TSX bullet. They are great bullets when driven hard and fast, in 30-30 velocities and ranges cup and core are probably better.
 
Sun_and_Steel_77 said:
Did you even read the PDF I linked? If anything the Colorado State division of Wildlife is getting paid-off by Barnes Bullets! :p, don't know where the f*ck you got an "anti hunting conspiracy theory" out of the article I linked :jerkit: My choice to hunt with copper bullets is just that, and I most certainly wasn't preaching to anyone not to use lead cup and core bullets. Initially I thought your post might have some merit, right up to the part where you state that I'm somehow misinformed as to the toxicity of consumed lead.
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Boy, you certainly have a flair for the dramatic. So much for my statement that there was no intention to flame you. Ignored that completely, huh. I did not say your link to Colorado Wildlife was one of those questionable studies, nor did I declare that lead was a wonderfully safe and delicious substance. My point is, and remains, that the real danger of exposure to lead from consuming big game is minimal. I like the Barnes bullets too, but I am not going to run away flailing my hands in the air because someone used a lead core hunting bullet on my wild game. V:I:
 
I must be something like a lottery winner...the very first animal I shot a TSX at was a bull elk...this year...and I recovered the bullet. 168 gr. out of a 30.06 at 60 yards strongly quartering towards me. It's not a shot I like but I called the bull out of a willow thicket and when he got into the open and didn't see the challenger bull there he new something was amiss. I held inside the shoulder facing me and that's where the bullet went...it ended up under his hide at the end of the rib cage on the opposite side. He travelled 30 yards and piled up. Recovered bullet weighed in at 166.5 grs. They are also an accurate bullet...handloads consistently under 1 moa at 100 and depending on how many coffees I've drank I can keep groups anywhere from 3-5 moa at 350m...which is about as far as I care to shoot at game with a 30-06...I'll be using them again...and again..
 
CV32 said:
Boy, you certainly have a flair for the dramatic. So much for my statement that there was no intention to flame you. Ignored that completely, huh. I did not say your link to Colorado Wildlife was one of those questionable studies, nor did I declare that lead was a wonderfully safe and delicious substance. My point is, and remains, that the real danger of exposure to lead from consuming big game is minimal. I like the Barnes bullets too, but I am not going to run away flailing my hands in the air because someone used a lead core hunting bullet on my wild game. V:I:
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