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Recovered Barnes bullet
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<blockquote data-quote="toddc" data-source="post: 1262771" data-attributes="member: 4566"><p>Sorry for any of my involvement in a derailment. I think either way would be 6 one way 1/2 dozen the other. The bullet you recovered looks like every other Barnes I have ever seen recovered. The design is meant to form petals up front and have a long shank driving it which is pretty much what you ended up with. Also if he had hit large bones in the back and not made it thru to the vitals then it might be a totally different thread about a lost critter.</p><p>I'm a frangible bullet guy as I just hunt deer. I have never felt the need to run a bonded or mono bullet as I also hunt short grass and our average shot is long by design. </p><p>Any bullet is a COMPROMISE in many ways even shot against the same class of game. I feel fine shooting anything at deer because I always keep in mind what I have loaded. I had a lot of customers shooting a lot of different bullets at deer. When I saw HOW they shot and WHAT they were shooting, I would decide what I wanted to happen.</p><p>With those Barnes I would shoot for bone on deer. With a SMK or Berger I would go high shoulder or ribs depending on the range. </p><p></p><p>Either way you go CAN work or be a disaster. Depends on shot placement really. Personally the Barnes IDEA has always been to run lighter for caliber at higher velocity and rely on bullet construction to BOTH penetrate AND disrupt. Not my cup of tea but a lot of dead critters have had Barnes run thru them. If a gun shot both equally well I would probably tip toward the 150 or even lighter, that's what Barnes had in mind when he designed the line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toddc, post: 1262771, member: 4566"] Sorry for any of my involvement in a derailment. I think either way would be 6 one way 1/2 dozen the other. The bullet you recovered looks like every other Barnes I have ever seen recovered. The design is meant to form petals up front and have a long shank driving it which is pretty much what you ended up with. Also if he had hit large bones in the back and not made it thru to the vitals then it might be a totally different thread about a lost critter. I'm a frangible bullet guy as I just hunt deer. I have never felt the need to run a bonded or mono bullet as I also hunt short grass and our average shot is long by design. Any bullet is a COMPROMISE in many ways even shot against the same class of game. I feel fine shooting anything at deer because I always keep in mind what I have loaded. I had a lot of customers shooting a lot of different bullets at deer. When I saw HOW they shot and WHAT they were shooting, I would decide what I wanted to happen. With those Barnes I would shoot for bone on deer. With a SMK or Berger I would go high shoulder or ribs depending on the range. Either way you go CAN work or be a disaster. Depends on shot placement really. Personally the Barnes IDEA has always been to run lighter for caliber at higher velocity and rely on bullet construction to BOTH penetrate AND disrupt. Not my cup of tea but a lot of dead critters have had Barnes run thru them. If a gun shot both equally well I would probably tip toward the 150 or even lighter, that's what Barnes had in mind when he designed the line. [/QUOTE]
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