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What's Wrong With Barnes Bullets?
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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 893672" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>Nothing at all is wrong with a Barnes bullet but like every bullet made it has it's limitation, I can take them or other copper bullets down to about 2100 fps before they start turning while in the animal or the wound channel is so small that you really need to sever the spinal cord mid neck or higher to deliver a lethal blow.</p><p></p><p>For my 6.5 SS this year with thee best 6.5 140gr copper bullet available that puts me at about 850 yards, with the 140 Berger and the same rules I'm at 1000 yards. So I test a lot of bullets but in the end I will stick with the one that gives me the best balance of ballistics and permanent wound channel. No bullet will leave with me hunting that is marginal in the accuracy department.</p><p></p><p>We all develop a feel for loading a brand of bullet, I can usually dial in a load with a Berger bullet and shoot drops easily with one box of bullets, I'm fairly confident with the Cutting Edge copper bullets after this last year, and although I've shot Barnes bullets longer than any other bullet I've not been able to get the long range accuracy from them that gives me warm fuzzy feelings, so what I take with me hunting is also reflected by what I have a feel for loading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 893672, member: 13632"] Nothing at all is wrong with a Barnes bullet but like every bullet made it has it's limitation, I can take them or other copper bullets down to about 2100 fps before they start turning while in the animal or the wound channel is so small that you really need to sever the spinal cord mid neck or higher to deliver a lethal blow. For my 6.5 SS this year with thee best 6.5 140gr copper bullet available that puts me at about 850 yards, with the 140 Berger and the same rules I'm at 1000 yards. So I test a lot of bullets but in the end I will stick with the one that gives me the best balance of ballistics and permanent wound channel. No bullet will leave with me hunting that is marginal in the accuracy department. We all develop a feel for loading a brand of bullet, I can usually dial in a load with a Berger bullet and shoot drops easily with one box of bullets, I'm fairly confident with the Cutting Edge copper bullets after this last year, and although I've shot Barnes bullets longer than any other bullet I've not been able to get the long range accuracy from them that gives me warm fuzzy feelings, so what I take with me hunting is also reflected by what I have a feel for loading. [/QUOTE]
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