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<blockquote data-quote="joep17" data-source="post: 1403695" data-attributes="member: 1457"><p>The early X bullet was hit or miss. Since the TSX and TTSX that is all I use for hunting. With my hunting group I have never seen an animal not be harvested. When I buy a new caliber that is all I start with Barnes.</p><p></p><p>Every animal I have ever squeezed the trigger on has expired quickly. I have always found a load that will shoot well. They punch outside their weight.</p><p></p><p>Usually they go right through and the animal drops and you don't find the bullet. The few times I have recovered the projectile they look exactly like the picture on the loading manual and are within a grain or two of the original weight.</p><p></p><p>For example, a 130 TSX from a 270 WSM broke both shoulders of an elk at 430 yards and stopped just under the skin on the far side. A 270 gr from a 375 HH shot a Cape buffalo from the front made the bull snort out chunks of lung and as he turned to run I spined him. Found the first bullet in the hip bones and the second bullet in his brisket. Both looked like the picture on the manual. One weighed 270gr and the other 269 gr. The same load flattened a kudu with a front brisket shot and got the bullet back from the hip bones. The only other retrieved bullet was a 150 gr from a 7mm Rem mag on a 15.5" warthog where it flipped in the air and died where it was standing. Broke both shoulders and turned the boiler room to jelly. The bullet stopped under the skin on the far side and weighed 149 gr. The 50" moose at 176 yards folded like a cheap tent with a 168 gr out of a 30-06. Broke one shoulder and then passed through.</p><p>Dozens of deer, several more elk and several more moose and multiple African plains game with no bullet recovery but quick kills. The black faced Impala did do a summer sault before it died.</p><p></p><p>I use them exclusively in 264 WM, 270 Win, 270 WSM, 284 Win, 7 RMag, 308 Win, 30-06' 338WM, 35 Whelen, 9.3x62, 9.3x73R, 375 HH, 416 Rigby, and 458 WM. Have yet to not be able to get 0.75" 3 shot groups in any of the above with high velocity loads.</p><p></p><p>A big BUT though. Shot placement on game is paramount. Gut shoot an animal with a 50 BMG and it will run away. There is no "magic" bullet that will be effective unless you place the shot.</p><p></p><p>Also I have witnessed many disasters with Nosler Ballistic Tips and Berger Hunting bullets. Nosler Partitions and Swift A Frames are the only bullets that perform even close to a Barnes.</p><p></p><p>Sure I use other brands for varmints and Lapua and Berger for F Class. But when a trophy is on the line, Barnes is the only place I go. All animals drop like they were struck by the hammer of Thor.</p><p></p><p>And no I don't work them. As I reread this before I posted it, I thought it might sound like I did. However I have 100% faith that I do my part, the Barnes will do their part.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joep17, post: 1403695, member: 1457"] The early X bullet was hit or miss. Since the TSX and TTSX that is all I use for hunting. With my hunting group I have never seen an animal not be harvested. When I buy a new caliber that is all I start with Barnes. Every animal I have ever squeezed the trigger on has expired quickly. I have always found a load that will shoot well. They punch outside their weight. Usually they go right through and the animal drops and you don't find the bullet. The few times I have recovered the projectile they look exactly like the picture on the loading manual and are within a grain or two of the original weight. For example, a 130 TSX from a 270 WSM broke both shoulders of an elk at 430 yards and stopped just under the skin on the far side. A 270 gr from a 375 HH shot a Cape buffalo from the front made the bull snort out chunks of lung and as he turned to run I spined him. Found the first bullet in the hip bones and the second bullet in his brisket. Both looked like the picture on the manual. One weighed 270gr and the other 269 gr. The same load flattened a kudu with a front brisket shot and got the bullet back from the hip bones. The only other retrieved bullet was a 150 gr from a 7mm Rem mag on a 15.5" warthog where it flipped in the air and died where it was standing. Broke both shoulders and turned the boiler room to jelly. The bullet stopped under the skin on the far side and weighed 149 gr. The 50" moose at 176 yards folded like a cheap tent with a 168 gr out of a 30-06. Broke one shoulder and then passed through. Dozens of deer, several more elk and several more moose and multiple African plains game with no bullet recovery but quick kills. The black faced Impala did do a summer sault before it died. I use them exclusively in 264 WM, 270 Win, 270 WSM, 284 Win, 7 RMag, 308 Win, 30-06' 338WM, 35 Whelen, 9.3x62, 9.3x73R, 375 HH, 416 Rigby, and 458 WM. Have yet to not be able to get 0.75" 3 shot groups in any of the above with high velocity loads. A big BUT though. Shot placement on game is paramount. Gut shoot an animal with a 50 BMG and it will run away. There is no "magic" bullet that will be effective unless you place the shot. Also I have witnessed many disasters with Nosler Ballistic Tips and Berger Hunting bullets. Nosler Partitions and Swift A Frames are the only bullets that perform even close to a Barnes. Sure I use other brands for varmints and Lapua and Berger for F Class. But when a trophy is on the line, Barnes is the only place I go. All animals drop like they were struck by the hammer of Thor. And no I don't work them. As I reread this before I posted it, I thought it might sound like I did. However I have 100% faith that I do my part, the Barnes will do their part. [/QUOTE]
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