I have NEVER had a failure with a Barnes bullet. What you are seeing is 100% of what has been recovered. Convenient?
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Experience with Mono-metal Bullets - Accuracy
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I have NEVER had a failure with a Barnes bullet. What you are seeing is 100% of what has been recovered. Convenient?
I'm dubious about the above statement. The odds of Barnes failure is to great for you not having any issues. I witnessed and heard to many failures with these bullets. On any ordinary day when shopping for reloading components, I see more Barnes bullets on the shelf than any other brand, Speer is a close second. It's the Nosler shelves that are mostly empty. Great thing I have a go-to supplier.
You can be “dubious” all you want. But the proof in the pudding is in the eating of it as they say. Oh, I need some .308 168 TTSX’s. Can you find me some on your next shopping trip. Thanks.
I'm using mono bullets for all my hunting loads. My 338wm groups 210grain ttsx Barnes consistently at 3/4 inch at 100yards. My 270wsm groups 130grain gmx at just a hair over 1 inch( load still in development) 3006 was shooting 168 ttsx at about an inch but I'm completely rebuilding my load for that one
They are damn fine bullets for hunting and plenty accurate for hunting big game. Hand loading is key with monos you need to play with tailoring the load to the rifle and they're awesome
They are damn fine bullets for hunting and plenty accurate for hunting big game. Hand loading is key with monos you need to play with tailoring the load to the rifle and they're awesome
Well, the BC doesn't tell us anything about performance on game, but it is useful in understanding the trajectory of your load, provided that it is calculated properly--ideally by firing tests. Still, rather than relying on the BC for trajectory information, doing drop tests at various ranges--ideally out to about 500 yards--is the best way to obtain real-life trajectory information.
maybe you should try some Speer round nose in your 270 Win Magnum
No problem, Chuck, I'll get right on that. How many boxes?
Six.
Who’d a thunk. There is a lot of real estate “behind the shoulder”.
Haha exactly. All bullets fly the same. No reason to ever change drops from bullet to bullet or be conscious of impact velocity.
Long live Remington soft point! 2.5 MOA for the WIN!
