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Barnes Triple Shock, another opinion
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 34604" data-attributes="member: 313"><p><BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>These bullets are the greatest technological advancement in ballistic history. Because they are essentially, an expanding solid, there is no bullet technology on the market that can out penetrate them and still be classified as a soft nose or expanding bullet. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE></p><p></p><p>HUH <img src="http://images/icons/confused.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>"Expanding solid" is an oxymoron, you know, like the little big guy. Barnes makes solids but the X bullets are not amoung them. </p><p>For a hunting bullet, penetration is NOT everything, but merely one quality that is normally offset by another. The Barnes X bullets have much less dramatic terminal performance than many other expanding bullets. For soft skinned animals I'd prefer a little more expansion and shock and can live without a bullet that exits at 2,000 ft/sec. I've had several whitetails show almost no reaction to a broadside hit from an X bullet fired at full throttle from my 7STW. Some merely walked away. They didn't get too far but all that penetration didn't help either.</p><p></p><p>A quality expanding bullet of a more conventional design will often drop them on their noses when hit the same way, and the hit gives an immediate physical reaction.</p><p></p><p>The Fail Safe bullet is another bullet that exhibits performance and penetration similar to an X bullet. However, I have found them to be more accurate. When fired from my lowly .308win they put game down faster than the X bullets did.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong; I do like the X bullets for certain situations. I just dion't see them as the Holy Grail of bullet technology.</p><p></p><p>CURIOUS - How do you feel about the Groove bullet or the GS Custom bullet? How about the Swift A-Frame? </p><p></p><p>By the way, in my 460Wby I only shoot the 300gr Hornady HP bullet because I'm a Girly Man. </p><p></p><p> <img src="http://images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>Maybe I should move to Beverly Hills and hang out with Arnold.</p><p></p><p>VH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 34604, member: 313"] <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>These bullets are the greatest technological advancement in ballistic history. Because they are essentially, an expanding solid, there is no bullet technology on the market that can out penetrate them and still be classified as a soft nose or expanding bullet. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> HUH [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] "Expanding solid" is an oxymoron, you know, like the little big guy. Barnes makes solids but the X bullets are not amoung them. For a hunting bullet, penetration is NOT everything, but merely one quality that is normally offset by another. The Barnes X bullets have much less dramatic terminal performance than many other expanding bullets. For soft skinned animals I'd prefer a little more expansion and shock and can live without a bullet that exits at 2,000 ft/sec. I've had several whitetails show almost no reaction to a broadside hit from an X bullet fired at full throttle from my 7STW. Some merely walked away. They didn't get too far but all that penetration didn't help either. A quality expanding bullet of a more conventional design will often drop them on their noses when hit the same way, and the hit gives an immediate physical reaction. The Fail Safe bullet is another bullet that exhibits performance and penetration similar to an X bullet. However, I have found them to be more accurate. When fired from my lowly .308win they put game down faster than the X bullets did. Don't get me wrong; I do like the X bullets for certain situations. I just dion't see them as the Holy Grail of bullet technology. CURIOUS - How do you feel about the Groove bullet or the GS Custom bullet? How about the Swift A-Frame? By the way, in my 460Wby I only shoot the 300gr Hornady HP bullet because I'm a Girly Man. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Maybe I should move to Beverly Hills and hang out with Arnold. VH [/QUOTE]
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