Barnes Trpple Shock X-Bullet? I'll stick with the Accubond, thank you.

[BULLBLASTER]

Goood point bob33. I like a bit of both in my bullets. Good penetration and major damage. I however don't like Barnes at all due to my personal experience with them.

[JimmyHoffa]

It's interesting to ponder how anyone would ever confirm a bullet failure: if the animal lives and gets away, you have no bullet to inspect. If you recover the bullet from a dead animal, well then the bullet accomplished its primary objective.

Two people shoot the same animal.  The first guy puts 5 rounds into it and when the animal is still running off the second guy drops it.  Upon skinning you find the first 5 rounds broken/partially flattened not more than about 1-1/2 inches into the animal.

[Bob33]

It's interesting to ponder how anyone would ever confirm a bullet failure: if the animal lives and gets away, you have no bullet to inspect. If you recover the bullet from a dead animal, well then the bullet accomplished its primary objective.

Two people shoot the same animal.  The first guy puts 5 rounds into it and when the animal is still running off the second guy drops it.  Upon skinning you find the first 5 rounds broken/partially flattened not more than about 1-1/2 inches into the animal.

Yes, that would be bullet failure! Did that really happen? What bullet?

[JimmyHoffa]

 .308 winchester silvertips.  First animal was a bear, second was a deer same result.

[predatorpro]

barnes are the worst hunting bullet ever! i reloaded some triple shocks once....will never put a barnes bullet through any of my guns ever again! talk about leaving a fouling machine! just cleaned my barrel and 20 shots later my barrel was glowing copper! i have never seen a bullet foul so bad and i couldnt get them to pattern good either...i will stick with my bergers!

[carpsniperg2]

Hammer you should know better by now Accubonds or etips are the way to go. If you want high weight retention from a solid bullet try the etips. We have flat crushed 2 bears 2 moose and a boar hog with them. Not a super long range bullet but they shoot very well and kept around 1900-2000fps open very well and have around 90-95% weight retention.

One of these days there will be a tikka sitting in your safe I know becaue I have more then I can count on one hand because I love them so much

[coachcw]

I shot a buck at 450 with a barnes x 180 grain outta my 30-378 blew right through him little damage . accubonds will be my next load . possiblly trhopy bonded bearclaws .

[thinkingman]

Here's a picture of two .243, 85gr TSX's(45grs RL-19) recovered from a Mulie buck. One shot at 240 yards and the other 320 yards. One was right in the pocket and went through part of the off side leg and stopped just under the hide. The other broke the last rib going in and stopped just under the hide on the off side. The first shot was in the pocket and the second to the last rib. Bad run, the stars weren't aligned, call it what you will. I call it crap! I'll slum Accubonds any day over these FMJ's. Maybe it was because they were shot from a Tikka.

LimpHammer, you are a parody of yourself.
Maybe it was because they were shot from a Tikka.
One was right in the pocket

One answers the other.

The fact that you recovered them says two things:
Either someone can perform surgery while running alongside a panicked mulie or the animal got dead from copper poisoning.
And....They put 100% of their kinetic energy into the place it needed to go.
Either way, Barnes TSX are the closest thing to match-grade accuracy in a hunting bullet I know of and I trust solid copper bullets on heavy hide and bone more than I trust cup and core or bonded.
I bet when you shot your .600 Nitro on safari, you used monolithic bullets.

[bullcanyon]

Weird that you had two in a row do this. Looks like a lack of velocity? Makes one wonder why this happened.  I've had nothing but good luck with barnes bullets, but in all fairness I use my pse most of the time so I don't shoot a lot animals with my rifle.  I shot a bear several years ago with 160g tsx out of my 7mm and it expanding perfectly and still weighed 160g all said and done.

Does make me question my next order to midway.. Wish we could get you some gelatin and shoot some more from that same batch you loaded into it to see what happens.

[BOWHUNTER45]

I will stick with my Hornaday Interlocs 

[Gutpile]

I enjoy stories of bullet failure...with pictures of the bullets recovered from dead animals.

 

Funny, but I don't like what I see on those pics. Those could result in a lost dead animal. I use partitions in my daughters .243. So far it's been bang flop.

[BOWHUNTER45]

I enjoy stories of bullet failure...with pictures of the bullets recovered from dead animals.

 

Funny, but I don't like what I see on those pics. Those could result in a lost dead animal. I use partitions in my daughters .243. So far it's been bang flop.

We use a 100 gr hornaday in our 243 and its always been bang flop too !!

[BULLBLASTER]

I enjoy stories of bullet failure...with pictures of the bullets recovered from dead animals.

 

Funny, but I don't like what I see on those pics. Those could result in a lost dead animal. I use partitions in my daughters .243. So far it's been bang flop.

We use a 100 gr hornaday in our 243 and its always been bang flop too !!

hey bh45 i havent tried interlocks in my 243 but did break down and buy a box for my 06. been slowly working up a load.

[Biggerhammer]

A stack of assorted Hornady Interlocks will always be on my reloading bench. I would consider them the standard. I like the Accubonds but I can't think of a single hunting situation that I've been in that a Interlock couldn't handle and hasn't handled flawlessly. The .375 H&H with a 300 gr Hornady Interlock is a deadly combo and has flat crushed anything I have used it on. The .375 Ultra is a different story and required a stouter bullet due to it's velocity increase over the H&H.

[Biggerhammer]

Here's a picture of two .243, 85gr TSX's(45grs RL-19) recovered from a Mulie buck. One shot at 240 yards and the other 320 yards. One was right in the pocket and went through part of the off side leg and stopped just under the hide. The other broke the last rib going in and stopped just under the hide on the off side. The first shot was in the pocket and the second to the last rib. Bad run, the stars weren't aligned, call it what you will. I call it crap! I'll slum Accubonds any day over these FMJ's. Maybe it was because they were shot from a Tikka.

LimpHammer, you are a parody of yourself.
Maybe it was because they were shot from a Tikka.
One was right in the pocket

One answers the other.

The fact that you recovered them says two things:
Either someone can perform surgery while running alongside a panicked mulie or the animal got dead from copper poisoning.
And....They put 100% of their kinetic energy into the place it needed to go.
Either way, Barnes TSX are the closest thing to match-grade accuracy in a hunting bullet I know of and I trust solid copper bullets on heavy hide and bone more than I trust cup and core or bonded.
I bet when you shot your .600 Nitro on safari, you used monolithic bullets.

Hey Dinkman! You didn't over think that, did ya?