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<blockquote data-quote="StumpGrinder" data-source="post: 2020840" data-attributes="member: 114832"><p>Yes With ALL bullets impact velocity is critical! Each bullet is designed to perform within an optimum velocity window. Go above that and they fragment, below and they fail to completely expand if at all. I don't know of any bullet that can perform perfectly from muzzle velocity to extreme terminal range. That would be a "Magic" bullet! However Barnes does it better for me than anything else I have tried and I have been hand loading for 40 years. The next best performance for me has been Full Metal jackets, the nearly always give full penetration and always tumble when they hit!!! People have been saying for years that they are unethical because they just make one little hole all the way through. I call B.S. in every video with high powered rifles and even 22lr, when the bullet is long and tapered such as Spitzer and 22 round nose they tumble within 2"-4" of impact no matter what the velocity!!! This is why the M-16 was dubbed "the Magic Bullet" and why it always hits above its weight class. Deer shot with 62gr fmj has .75" exit hole and expires within 50 yds. Upon cleaning the lungs look like the were hit with a hollow point. Same results with 22lr round nose except .5" exit and they walk not run about 20 yds and lay down. The 22 is legal in my state and DOESN'T spook them so they don't run!!! You do have to hit the terminal triangle, just rib cage, no shoulder bones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StumpGrinder, post: 2020840, member: 114832"] Yes With ALL bullets impact velocity is critical! Each bullet is designed to perform within an optimum velocity window. Go above that and they fragment, below and they fail to completely expand if at all. I don't know of any bullet that can perform perfectly from muzzle velocity to extreme terminal range. That would be a "Magic" bullet! However Barnes does it better for me than anything else I have tried and I have been hand loading for 40 years. The next best performance for me has been Full Metal jackets, the nearly always give full penetration and always tumble when they hit!!! People have been saying for years that they are unethical because they just make one little hole all the way through. I call B.S. in every video with high powered rifles and even 22lr, when the bullet is long and tapered such as Spitzer and 22 round nose they tumble within 2"-4" of impact no matter what the velocity!!! This is why the M-16 was dubbed "the Magic Bullet" and why it always hits above its weight class. Deer shot with 62gr fmj has .75" exit hole and expires within 50 yds. Upon cleaning the lungs look like the were hit with a hollow point. Same results with 22lr round nose except .5" exit and they walk not run about 20 yds and lay down. The 22 is legal in my state and DOESN'T spook them so they don't run!!! You do have to hit the terminal triangle, just rib cage, no shoulder bones. [/QUOTE]
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