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Barnes Bullets, Are they missing the LR hunting boat?
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Courtney" data-source="post: 920584" data-attributes="member: 28191"><p>One thing many forget is that a lot of long range hunting occurs at elevations btw 8000 and 14000 ft. In the thinner air, a bullet with a BC of 0.400 or so retains velocity as well as a bullet with BC of 0.600 at sea level. </p><p></p><p>Super high BCs are really only needed by hunters at sea level or those mountain hunters really pushing the ranges out F A R.</p><p></p><p>The elk load my son carried last year was a Barnes X bullet with BC somewhere between .400 and .500 and muzzle velocity of 3200 fps. Above 10,000 ft, this load retained plenty of energy and velocity of 2200 fps to 600 yards and was still above 1800 fps (the advertised expansion threshold) at 900 yards.</p><p></p><p>My daughter's skills are more realistic with respect to 1000+ yard shots, and she carried a load with a BC of 0.600 and a muzzle velocity of 2900 fps (a jacketed lead bullet).</p><p></p><p>Barnes bullets are great in their niche, but that niche just isn't 1000+ yards. Frankly, I do not think the 1000+ yard niche can be filled with lead free bullets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Courtney, post: 920584, member: 28191"] One thing many forget is that a lot of long range hunting occurs at elevations btw 8000 and 14000 ft. In the thinner air, a bullet with a BC of 0.400 or so retains velocity as well as a bullet with BC of 0.600 at sea level. Super high BCs are really only needed by hunters at sea level or those mountain hunters really pushing the ranges out F A R. The elk load my son carried last year was a Barnes X bullet with BC somewhere between .400 and .500 and muzzle velocity of 3200 fps. Above 10,000 ft, this load retained plenty of energy and velocity of 2200 fps to 600 yards and was still above 1800 fps (the advertised expansion threshold) at 900 yards. My daughter's skills are more realistic with respect to 1000+ yard shots, and she carried a load with a BC of 0.600 and a muzzle velocity of 2900 fps (a jacketed lead bullet). Barnes bullets are great in their niche, but that niche just isn't 1000+ yards. Frankly, I do not think the 1000+ yard niche can be filled with lead free bullets. [/QUOTE]
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