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Who is using the Barnes Triple Shocks? / Like them?
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<blockquote data-quote="dakor" data-source="post: 61434" data-attributes="member: 2204"><p>GoodGrouper I am not going to say that a Barnes X is the best bullet for long range because I believe there are better ones. But I am going to correct you on something that I think you are missing the point on. If a X bullet does hit a animal and lose's its petals you now have a shank and 4 petals moving through a animals vitals each creating a wound channel. So it is not like a FMJ like you say. A bullet that comes apart inside a animal does more damage then one the stays together. Now I don't know how you are losing Petals on a Barnes bullet at long range with a little 300 Win Mag /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif because I have one and I have shot the 200 grain TSX into my 1 inch steel gong at 100 yards and the bullet just turns inside out. I have made that bullet lose the petals before but that was in a test I did at 15 yards and the same test at 60 yards the bullet held up just fine. Muzzle velocity out of my 300 Win Mag with the 200 TSX is 2995 FPS. My friend has a 300 Ultra that shoots the Barnes TSX at 3150 FPS. He shot a Whitetail this year at 35 yards. The bullet opened up on contact held together and went out the other side. When we took the hide off you could see the four marks on the enterance hole and the exit hole so the petals stayed intact. Now as to some of the shooters who are wondering about using the barnes bullet for long shots I will tell you what I found out. I called Barnes and talked to their bullet Tech. I asked him if they thought their TSX would be good for shots over 500 yards. The guy did not recommend it. I also asked what impact velocity do they need to open reliably he said that they have tested them down to 1800 FPS but he said that he would not go lower then a impact velocity of 2000 FPS. Barnes bullets are made for close shots not taking out Deer at 800 yards. If its a Long Range shot find a different bullet. If you don't believe me call Barnes yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dakor, post: 61434, member: 2204"] GoodGrouper I am not going to say that a Barnes X is the best bullet for long range because I believe there are better ones. But I am going to correct you on something that I think you are missing the point on. If a X bullet does hit a animal and lose's its petals you now have a shank and 4 petals moving through a animals vitals each creating a wound channel. So it is not like a FMJ like you say. A bullet that comes apart inside a animal does more damage then one the stays together. Now I don't know how you are losing Petals on a Barnes bullet at long range with a little 300 Win Mag [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] because I have one and I have shot the 200 grain TSX into my 1 inch steel gong at 100 yards and the bullet just turns inside out. I have made that bullet lose the petals before but that was in a test I did at 15 yards and the same test at 60 yards the bullet held up just fine. Muzzle velocity out of my 300 Win Mag with the 200 TSX is 2995 FPS. My friend has a 300 Ultra that shoots the Barnes TSX at 3150 FPS. He shot a Whitetail this year at 35 yards. The bullet opened up on contact held together and went out the other side. When we took the hide off you could see the four marks on the enterance hole and the exit hole so the petals stayed intact. Now as to some of the shooters who are wondering about using the barnes bullet for long shots I will tell you what I found out. I called Barnes and talked to their bullet Tech. I asked him if they thought their TSX would be good for shots over 500 yards. The guy did not recommend it. I also asked what impact velocity do they need to open reliably he said that they have tested them down to 1800 FPS but he said that he would not go lower then a impact velocity of 2000 FPS. Barnes bullets are made for close shots not taking out Deer at 800 yards. If its a Long Range shot find a different bullet. If you don't believe me call Barnes yourself. [/QUOTE]
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