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<blockquote data-quote="memtb" data-source="post: 1562961" data-attributes="member: 75451"><p>bigngreen, Your results with Barnes bullets, though a different caliber vary greatly from our brief (18 years) of experiences. From Fox to moose, we've only recovered one bullet (1992). The bullet recovered was the old, original Barnes X Bullet. This bullet went full length (approx. 5 feet of elk) end to end though a mature ( not huge ) bull elk. The shot was at approximately 100 yards, impact velocity approx 2600 to 2700 fps, the bullet route consisted of three hide penetrations, a shattered pelvis, fully penetrating a gut area of compacted feed, through the diaphragm, through the lung, exiting the foreleg arm pit, reentered the upper leg, missing the bone but fully penetrating the large upper leg muscle, with the bullet found beneath the offside hide. The bullet, had one (1) petal broken off. All in all, pretty respectable performance from any bullet. Since that elk, we've taken, moose, bears, elk, sheep, deer and antelope, and have "yet" to recover a bullet from one of the deceased animals! In my opinion.....far fromm a bullet failure, due to "lack" of penetration! Merely data points from almost 20 years of hunting experiences by myself and my wife! memtb</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="memtb, post: 1562961, member: 75451"] bigngreen, Your results with Barnes bullets, though a different caliber vary greatly from our brief (18 years) of experiences. From Fox to moose, we’ve only recovered one bullet (1992). The bullet recovered was the old, original Barnes X Bullet. This bullet went full length (approx. 5 feet of elk) end to end though a mature ( not huge ) bull elk. The shot was at approximately 100 yards, impact velocity approx 2600 to 2700 fps, the bullet route consisted of three hide penetrations, a shattered pelvis, fully penetrating a gut area of compacted feed, through the diaphragm, through the lung, exiting the foreleg arm pit, reentered the upper leg, missing the bone but fully penetrating the large upper leg muscle, with the bullet found beneath the offside hide. The bullet, had one (1) petal broken off. All in all, pretty respectable performance from any bullet. Since that elk, we’ve taken, moose, bears, elk, sheep, deer and antelope, and have “yet” to recover a bullet from one of the deceased animals! In my opinion.....far fromm a bullet failure, due to “lack” of penetration! Merely data points from almost 20 years of hunting experiences by myself and my wife! memtb [/QUOTE]
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