Barnes LRX performance

[RadSav]

Good read Bob33. And considering American game is the same size as African game, other then shouldered farther back on some African game, will hold true here in the states..

However, what was your average shooting distance in Africa? 

Shortest was 150 on a Kudu, longest was 475 on a blue wildebeest. At 308 velocities, bullets performed flawlessly! Yes, other bullets would have done the same, but in my XCR, the Barnes was a quarter minute round  Yes, say" Barnes", and some bust a corpusle, and expound their vendetta for whatever reason,  but real world experience don't lie... . To the OP, you can have every faith in your bullet, as long as it shoots accuratley in your gun!

Wow!  Never before heard of shooting those distances in Africa.  That is very interesting.  What outfit did you book with?

308 Norma, maybe

[predatorpro]

Why is it that when a barnes fails to expand somehow its better than any other bullet that fails to expand? To me all my bullet needs to do is reach vital organs and then blow up like a grenade....i have no need to shoot a mule deer and kill the tree behind it too...i have always been confused why weight retention after entering the chest cavity is so important? Whats so wrong with penetration and massive seperation after its penetrated...unless i wanna shoot an animal in the shoulders and ruin all the meat i see no need for a solid copper bullet designed to penetrate that deep

[Bob33]

An exit hole creates another opportunity for a blood trail.  In open terrain that is meaningless but in brushy conditions it can aid in animal tracking.

[RadSav]

Just like in archery...  Some pay little attention to terminal ballistics and rely on lots of penetration so they can have a better blood trail. While others prefer sharp heads and small vents so they can watch the animal go down.  Both seem to work.  But MY way is always better than yours!


I think that is why the Nosler Partition has remain so popular for so many years.  It may be a flying brick in comparison to long range bullets of today, but it has always been the bullet of maximum compromise to many.

[Biggerhammer]

Before everything went crazy BC and bonded core wise the Partition was the bullet all were judged by and the Speer Hotcore was a real "Sleeper".

[predatorpro]

An exit hole creates another opportunity for a blood trail.  In open terrain that is meaningless but in brushy conditions it can aid in animal tracking.

hmmm....valid point...but a bullet that does massive internal damage in an animal will probly not need tracked...i guess we can agree to disagree on bullets...lol

[Bob33]

An exit hole creates another opportunity for a blood trail.  In open terrain that is meaningless but in brushy conditions it can aid in animal tracking.

hmmm....valid point...but a bullet that does massive internal damage in an animal will probly not need tracked...i guess we can agree to disagree on bullets...lol

Ive lost animals in Western Washington that went 20 yards (found the next day). BTW I have nothing against Accubonds and have used them with good success.

[Biggerhammer]

I have nothing against Barnes , other than some peoples reasoning for using them or their not understanding what velocities it takes to expand them. I will never use them, my idea of terminal performance and expirience with terminal performance. Isn't even on the same page as Barnes. Is Barnes the "End all" to all bullets? Many who shoot them claim they are, along with guys shooting them that have never even killed a big game animal. Is the Accubond the "End all" to all bullets?

Not for me , I like them but depending on what and where I hunt. I've been know to slum bullets effectivly that most Barnes shooters would turn their nose up to. I think the confusion comes when people try to chooose a bullet to do it all. That just isn't going to happen.

Accubonds do it all "Good" but aren't the "Best" at anything particular and that has worked for me. Besides I've been a die hard Nosler bullet guy forever and that's where my loyalties are. Just another great bullet from a great bullet maker. There was a long period of years there that no matter where I was, or what I was hunting. A Remington 700 BDL with a box mag full of 175gr Partitions covered it all. It was so much simpler then. I guess it's what we make it.

[kentrek]

It was so much simpler then. I guess it's what we make it.

 Agreed 

[257 Wby Mag]

A guy would think some folks were huntin rhinos or somthing!!  I been fortunate enough to kill lotsa critters, even "tough" Africa game, a huge bull oryx that took a hornady interlock raked through his flank quartering away at 417 yards, one and done... Growing up hunting blacktails the ol man always taught us to shoulder shoot, which works well.. 55 grain bt's via 243 @ 4000 fps is pure magic on bucks, shoulder shots of course.. I think some folks would be better off hunting/killing critters than reading magazines and internet experts...

[mountainman]

^^^Agree^^^ 

[thinkingman]

375 Ultra Mag for deer?

Yeah, figured it was better suited to Mulies and gave me more range than the .450 Ultra Magnum. . For the ease of a factory chambering and a true flat shooting across the board power house, the  .338 Ultra mag is where it's at.

30mm depleted uranium on cous deer.
88mm on elk, for sure.

[mountainman]

No such thing as overkill I guess!

[Biggerhammer]

375 Ultra Mag for deer?

Yeah, figured it was better suited to Mulies and gave me more range than the .450 Ultra Magnum. . For the ease of a factory chambering and a true flat shooting across the board power house, the  .338 Ultra mag is where it's at.

30mm depleted uranium on cous deer.
88mm on elk, for sure.

You wouldn't happen to have some depleted Uranium?  If so, how much can you fit in a flat rate USPS "Small" box?

[jackelope]

Do animals ever not drop in their tracks/footprints?

Only with crappy bullets fired from non-tackdrivers.