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Are barnes reliable?
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<blockquote data-quote="Firecat" data-source="post: 498490" data-attributes="member: 22600"><p>I reload the TSX in two of my rifles. a 7mm Rem Mag with 140 grain and 25-06 with 100 grain. They are both bad medicine!! I agree with that stated above where a lighter for caliber bullet is where they shine. the 140 for a 7mm is middle to light weight. Same with the 100 grain for the 25-06 being in the middle. I have seen several Mule deer killed with the load out of my 7mm with either me or a friend pulling the trigger and the terminal performance has been predictable and consistently good. Good wound channel and silver dollar sized exit hole. When entering the ribcage there was the X shaped hole that would be consistent with them opening up into the designated shape they were designed to.</p><p></p><p>One of the biggest things that I noticed with the barnes is that your barrel needs to be immaculately clean before you start using them. After which they tend to behave like any other bullet with similar fouling. The Barnes manual will even mention this. copper fouling from previous bullets must be gone. That being said, I had great success in terms of accuracy. The two rifles mentioned above shot the best they have ever shot with these bullets. Both well under MOA, approaching 1/2 MOA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Firecat, post: 498490, member: 22600"] I reload the TSX in two of my rifles. a 7mm Rem Mag with 140 grain and 25-06 with 100 grain. They are both bad medicine!! I agree with that stated above where a lighter for caliber bullet is where they shine. the 140 for a 7mm is middle to light weight. Same with the 100 grain for the 25-06 being in the middle. I have seen several Mule deer killed with the load out of my 7mm with either me or a friend pulling the trigger and the terminal performance has been predictable and consistently good. Good wound channel and silver dollar sized exit hole. When entering the ribcage there was the X shaped hole that would be consistent with them opening up into the designated shape they were designed to. One of the biggest things that I noticed with the barnes is that your barrel needs to be immaculately clean before you start using them. After which they tend to behave like any other bullet with similar fouling. The Barnes manual will even mention this. copper fouling from previous bullets must be gone. That being said, I had great success in terms of accuracy. The two rifles mentioned above shot the best they have ever shot with these bullets. Both well under MOA, approaching 1/2 MOA. [/QUOTE]
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