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<blockquote data-quote="HarryN" data-source="post: 1145230" data-attributes="member: 69773">Barnes is well known for making good bullets.&nbsp; Personally I think that they are overly optimistic about the bullet length (mass) for a given barrel twist for marketing reasons (copper vs lead core transition)&nbsp;&nbsp; Both GS Custom and Cutting Edge give much more conservative advice on twist vs mass / length for their copper bullet offerings.&nbsp; In my mind, this at least partially explains why people sometimes have trouble getting the Barnes to shoot properly.I find it interesting that GSC publishes very distinct suggestions for using their bullets in &quot;shorter range&quot;, up to 500 meters, and &quot;over 500 meters&quot;.&nbsp; That level of detail is missing from a lot of bullet data sheets.I am not bashing anyone&#039;s bullet offerings, since I live in a looney no-lead bullets state, I tend to spend my time looking at those options.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HarryN, post: 1145230, member: 69773"] Barnes is well known for making good bullets. Personally I think that they are overly optimistic about the bullet length (mass) for a given barrel twist for marketing reasons (copper vs lead core transition) Both GS Custom and Cutting Edge give much more conservative advice on twist vs mass / length for their copper bullet offerings. In my mind, this at least partially explains why people sometimes have trouble getting the Barnes to shoot properly. I find it interesting that GSC publishes very distinct suggestions for using their bullets in "shorter range", up to 500 meters, and "over 500 meters". That level of detail is missing from a lot of bullet data sheets. I am not bashing anyone's bullet offerings, since I live in a looney no-lead bullets state, I tend to spend my time looking at those options. [/QUOTE]

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