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<blockquote data-quote="Roughwater" data-source="post: 1568076" data-attributes="member: 33915"><p>I also loaded Barns bullets for myself and some friends. I didn't have some of the Issues Wedgy has named. But I did have some of them. I didn't find them difficult to load in most calibers but did have trouble getting an accurate load from a 300 WM with a Barnes 175 gm LRX and finally gave up. Went to a Nosler Accubond and found success with the first load I tried. I've found Barnes bullets to be pretty deadly on game and sometimes a blood trail and sometimes not but almost always a pass through. What I've seen happen with barnes is that the petals will try to drag tissue through the exit hole and sometimes the tissue will actually plug up the exit hole. I believe the petals, with the bullet still spinning at high velocity inside a game animal does a lot of shredding of internal organs on the way through. A lung shot often results in a the lungs becoming a glob of red gelatine and the same with the liver. </p><p></p><p>I do feel the Barnes are a good bullet and one of the fore runnes or the copper bullets and Barnes are less expensive too. But at the same time my opinion right now is that the hammers are superior. I haven't used them a lot yet but have taken 2 deer with them and the deer were DRT. I''ve found them easy to load, accurate and I get get more velocity out of the Hammer Hunter than I can conventional bullets of the same weight so that's a plus too. Attached is one of the 2 does I shot with a 143 gn hammer hunter[ATTACH]121216[/ATTACH] .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roughwater, post: 1568076, member: 33915"] I also loaded Barns bullets for myself and some friends. I didn't have some of the Issues Wedgy has named. But I did have some of them. I didn't find them difficult to load in most calibers but did have trouble getting an accurate load from a 300 WM with a Barnes 175 gm LRX and finally gave up. Went to a Nosler Accubond and found success with the first load I tried. I've found Barnes bullets to be pretty deadly on game and sometimes a blood trail and sometimes not but almost always a pass through. What I've seen happen with barnes is that the petals will try to drag tissue through the exit hole and sometimes the tissue will actually plug up the exit hole. I believe the petals, with the bullet still spinning at high velocity inside a game animal does a lot of shredding of internal organs on the way through. A lung shot often results in a the lungs becoming a glob of red gelatine and the same with the liver. I do feel the Barnes are a good bullet and one of the fore runnes or the copper bullets and Barnes are less expensive too. But at the same time my opinion right now is that the hammers are superior. I haven't used them a lot yet but have taken 2 deer with them and the deer were DRT. I''ve found them easy to load, accurate and I get get more velocity out of the Hammer Hunter than I can conventional bullets of the same weight so that's a plus too. Attached is one of the 2 does I shot with a 143 gn hammer hunter[ATTACH]121216[/ATTACH] . [/QUOTE]
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