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6.5mm copper monos for Elk - LRX vs CX vs E-tip vs CEB vs Hammer vs Lehigh
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<blockquote data-quote="cabelasken" data-source="post: 3004543" data-attributes="member: 117774"><p>The original barnes bullets from the early 90's left much to be desired. The olgives were different on each bullet making seating depths a crapshoot. I called their customer service and they admitted as much and offered to buy back or exchange certain lot numbers, but I just used them up as practice bullets. Around the late 90's they improved their fabrication machinery tremendously and the products received since then have been very much improved. In fact, they are generally the most accurate bullets in my rifles and in friends rifles that I load for. I have taken over 50 game animals with one form or another and my friends have taken another 40 or 50. Performance on game has been perfect except for one large wounded Colorado Bull that I had to stop with a steep downhill angle shot that struck the spine before traveling diagonally through the animal to the far side shoulder blade where I found the bullet. After hitting the spine the bullet flipped 180 and traveled diagonally to the shoulder blade backwards with just the blue tip missing and no expansion. A follow up shot was necessary but that was the only time one has failed to mushroom. This bull had been hit with a 338 Lapua before coming by me. Most often I see the outline of the mushroom on the opposite hide (exit hole).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cabelasken, post: 3004543, member: 117774"] The original barnes bullets from the early 90's left much to be desired. The olgives were different on each bullet making seating depths a crapshoot. I called their customer service and they admitted as much and offered to buy back or exchange certain lot numbers, but I just used them up as practice bullets. Around the late 90's they improved their fabrication machinery tremendously and the products received since then have been very much improved. In fact, they are generally the most accurate bullets in my rifles and in friends rifles that I load for. I have taken over 50 game animals with one form or another and my friends have taken another 40 or 50. Performance on game has been perfect except for one large wounded Colorado Bull that I had to stop with a steep downhill angle shot that struck the spine before traveling diagonally through the animal to the far side shoulder blade where I found the bullet. After hitting the spine the bullet flipped 180 and traveled diagonally to the shoulder blade backwards with just the blue tip missing and no expansion. A follow up shot was necessary but that was the only time one has failed to mushroom. This bull had been hit with a 338 Lapua before coming by me. Most often I see the outline of the mushroom on the opposite hide (exit hole). [/QUOTE]
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