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Who is using the Barnes Triple Shocks? / Like them?
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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Wyatt" data-source="post: 61386" data-attributes="member: 2924"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>What I fail to see is how a barnes thats shed a petal or four, would be any different than a lead core bullet thats peeled back, encouters same bone and tears its edges off. It will continue to penetrate, possibly not in a straight line as the core and jacket may well bend. But I don't think its gonna try to expand further or else it wouldn't be a controlled expansion projectile. If that is the case, then its no different than the X going through. FMJ as you say.</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts?</p><p></p><p>BTW you can bet that more animals are wounded by the non X bullets than will ever be by the actual X bullets. Simply by a fact of numbers and math. And possibly added to the odds factor by the fact that anyone that takes the time to work with and shoot X bullets is probably beyond the average rifleman.</p><p></p><p>Jeff </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>Ditto, brother. Barnes is not the only solid copper slug on the market. What about FailSafes (expandable potion all copper), Lost River Ballistics, North Fork, etc. etc. Goodgrouper are you saying that it is just Barnes that fail to open or is it all solid metal slugs? I have read nothing but praise for the North Fork. I have taken game with both 30 caliber and 338 caliber FailSafe slugs and find them to be on a par with the Barnes - excellent! I am trying out the North Forks and LBR's. There is something else you need to consider and that is the environmental kooks. I see the day that lead slugs will be attacked by them as an environmental pollutant - adding heavy metals to the biosphere. Remember lead shot???</p><p>Your statement "what about that" with reference to the Barnes employees? I will share with you what I think of those people - Randy and Coni Brooks are much more tolerant employers than I would be. I wouldn't care rather an employee used the product or not, but I'll be <strong>*%^&gt;</strong> if I would tolerate them cashing my pay-check and then denegrading the product that I was paying them to produce.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paul Wyatt, post: 61386, member: 2924"] [ QUOTE ] What I fail to see is how a barnes thats shed a petal or four, would be any different than a lead core bullet thats peeled back, encouters same bone and tears its edges off. It will continue to penetrate, possibly not in a straight line as the core and jacket may well bend. But I don't think its gonna try to expand further or else it wouldn't be a controlled expansion projectile. If that is the case, then its no different than the X going through. FMJ as you say. Any thoughts? BTW you can bet that more animals are wounded by the non X bullets than will ever be by the actual X bullets. Simply by a fact of numbers and math. And possibly added to the odds factor by the fact that anyone that takes the time to work with and shoot X bullets is probably beyond the average rifleman. Jeff [/ QUOTE ] Ditto, brother. Barnes is not the only solid copper slug on the market. What about FailSafes (expandable potion all copper), Lost River Ballistics, North Fork, etc. etc. Goodgrouper are you saying that it is just Barnes that fail to open or is it all solid metal slugs? I have read nothing but praise for the North Fork. I have taken game with both 30 caliber and 338 caliber FailSafe slugs and find them to be on a par with the Barnes - excellent! I am trying out the North Forks and LBR's. There is something else you need to consider and that is the environmental kooks. I see the day that lead slugs will be attacked by them as an environmental pollutant - adding heavy metals to the biosphere. Remember lead shot??? Your statement "what about that" with reference to the Barnes employees? I will share with you what I think of those people - Randy and Coni Brooks are much more tolerant employers than I would be. I wouldn't care rather an employee used the product or not, but I'll be [b]*%^>[/b] if I would tolerate them cashing my pay-check and then denegrading the product that I was paying them to produce. [/QUOTE]
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