there’s always a first for everything!!

[Ga6570]

I've been using barnes LRX bullets for about the last 7 years in the creedmoor. Never once in the many many deer and elk i've shot have i recovered a bullet. always a pass thru, as I've always taken broadside shots.

Well fast forward to last saturday when i took a young man out hunting whitetails and he harvested his first deer with my rifle. he missed the first mostly broadside shot he had at about 100 yards due to his shaking so when the deer was headed up a hill and away i was surprised when he took the 190 yard shot, but we heard impact. after about ten minutes as we started up the hill the buck came back towards us down the hill, my assumption is he wanted water and there was a spring halfway down the hill… He shot the buck through the neck facing us, breaking the neck/spine and anchoring the buck for good. tuesday when the deer was cut up the second hit - bullet - was recovered. i guess shooting lengthwise in a deer will stop the bullet!

after cleaning the flesh from the petals i measured and weighed it.
Barnes LRX 127gr 6.5mm or .264"
went through bone and lots of flesh.
lost the blue tip and weighed 126.6gr
expanded to .527" - doubled its diameter!

nice to see these kind of details sometimes!

 

[Bret GRAVELINE Graveline]

Can't ask for more from a bullet than that, been using Barnes bullets for almost 30 years haven't recovered a lot of bullets but when I they all look like that. Congratulations to the lad

 

[Critter Picker]

Thanks for the info! That's amazing performance.

 

[Bret GRAVELINE Graveline]

Can't ask for more from a bullet than that, been using Barnes bullets for almost 30 years haven't recovered a lot of bullets but when I they all look like that. Congratulations to the lad

 

[ButterBean]

They are tough critters when they want to be

 

[Ga6570]

thats a good point! each animal is different.

- I'm amazed at the symmetry of the petals. they shaped based on the rotation of the bullet

 

[Ga6570]

i posted the deer photo on another post last week but didnt have the bullet found at that point…

here is the buck again. needless to say this young man was very happy with his first deer.

 

[Muddyboots]

Heck of mentor job!!!

 

[wdrjr]

i posted the deer photo on another post last week but didnt have the bullet found at that point…

here is the buck again. needless to say this young man was very happy with his first deer.

Love 8 pointers. Beautiful animal. My father shot his 8 point when he was 25. On his birthday Dec. 3, 1956.

 

[Outlaw6.0]

I'd say that's just about perfect performance. I've killed & seen killed, a truck load of critters with Barnes bullets.

Come to think of it.... I've never recovered one either...




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[nksmfamjp]

How's the accuracy of that load say 5 shot group at 100 yards?

 

[K.E.C. Darkside]

Thanks for the info! That's amazing performance.

What he said, the bullet looks like what Barnes said it would do.

 

[338 dude]

I've been using barnes LRX bullets for about the last 7 years in the creedmoor. Never once in the many many deer and elk i've shot have i recovered a bullet. always a pass thru, as I've always taken broadside shots.

Well fast forward to last saturday when i took a young man out hunting whitetails and he harvested his first deer with my rifle. he missed the first mostly broadside shot he had at about 100 yards due to his shaking so when the deer was headed up a hill and away i was surprised when he took the 190 yard shot, but we heard impact. after about ten minutes as we started up the hill the buck came back towards us down the hill, my assumption is he wanted water and there was a spring halfway down the hill… He shot the buck through the neck facing us, breaking the neck/spine and anchoring the buck for good. tuesday when the deer was cut up the second hit - bullet - was recovered. i guess shooting lengthwise in a deer will stop the bullet!

after cleaning the flesh from the petals i measured and weighed it.
Barnes LRX 127gr 6.5mm or .264"
went through bone and lots of flesh.
lost the blue tip and weighed 126.6gr
expanded to .527" - doubled its diameter!

nice to see these kind of details sometimes!

Perfect

 

[Ga6570]

How's the accuracy of that load say 5 shot group at 100 yards?

i don't have a 5 shot group to share, but the tikka was shooting it well in september, when i shot this 3 shot group.

i'd say it shoots them well!!