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Barnes Response to Berger
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<blockquote data-quote="ejones338" data-source="post: 313930" data-attributes="member: 15266"><p>I, like many of you have tried every bullet under the sun over the years. I have never been satisfied with accepting things the way they are.</p><p> </p><p> I personally have found that the more frangable bullets WILL kill faster than the high weight retention bullets nearly every time. Almost always with the retention bullets the animal will travel at least some distance, and with the frangable types I have seen animals hit in boney large mass areas nearly lose a leg, but still run a long ways because of no internal destruction.</p><p> </p><p> Growing up I used factory ammo. and the remington core lokt shut them down fast every time, but as my skill increased the flaws became evident. The long range accuracy wasn't there.</p><p> </p><p> ALL bullets have their place, but it is up to US to know their limitations and use them accordingly.</p><p> </p><p> Personally this season I will be using 200gr accubonds in my 300RUM. They seem to be good at both aspects. Excellent energy transfer and excellent penetration. My reason for this is because I HAVE had extremely frightening encounters with grizzly here in N.W. Montana, and I want a deep penetrating bullet when it comes to head on shots at that kind of mass, but I want a frangable bullet when it comes to a controlled angle precise shot.</p><p> </p><p> My eastern Montana hunts for mule deer will be the 208 A-max or 210 Berger, because a close encounter of the toothy kind is unlikely.</p><p> </p><p> Oh and by the way I also have a .338 federal that is a maximum 400 yard gun and so far I have only shot fusion factory ammo with great success. I gave that gun to my son, and when he shoots up the fusion (65 left) I will be loading either 165 barnes or 180 accubonds for a light load. </p><p> </p><p>Just my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ejones338, post: 313930, member: 15266"] I, like many of you have tried every bullet under the sun over the years. I have never been satisfied with accepting things the way they are. I personally have found that the more frangable bullets WILL kill faster than the high weight retention bullets nearly every time. Almost always with the retention bullets the animal will travel at least some distance, and with the frangable types I have seen animals hit in boney large mass areas nearly lose a leg, but still run a long ways because of no internal destruction. Growing up I used factory ammo. and the remington core lokt shut them down fast every time, but as my skill increased the flaws became evident. The long range accuracy wasn't there. ALL bullets have their place, but it is up to US to know their limitations and use them accordingly. Personally this season I will be using 200gr accubonds in my 300RUM. They seem to be good at both aspects. Excellent energy transfer and excellent penetration. My reason for this is because I HAVE had extremely frightening encounters with grizzly here in N.W. Montana, and I want a deep penetrating bullet when it comes to head on shots at that kind of mass, but I want a frangable bullet when it comes to a controlled angle precise shot. My eastern Montana hunts for mule deer will be the 208 A-max or 210 Berger, because a close encounter of the toothy kind is unlikely. Oh and by the way I also have a .338 federal that is a maximum 400 yard gun and so far I have only shot fusion factory ammo with great success. I gave that gun to my son, and when he shoots up the fusion (65 left) I will be loading either 165 barnes or 180 accubonds for a light load. Just my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]
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