Anyone still prefer Barnes?

[asd9055]

I am a Nosler fan, however, one of my 300WBY shoots 0.4" at 200 yards with 180 TSX. Have not hunted with it yet

 

[Ricky C]

Hey, I forgot one:
6.5x300 Wby, 127 LRX, longest I've shot it was 600 yds, 4 shots into a 4 inch group. Killed a couple Bou with it over 400 yds
Take Care

 

[scrmblr1982cj8]

I use them exclusively for deer and hog hunting.

 

[ahlgringo]

208 LRX are the most accurate hunting load I have ever come up with in my 300 WM. I don't have a lot of experience on game with em but 2/2 on elk with first shot drts.

 

[Lee7588]

I still have a good assortment but I don't know anyone shooting them anymore, so much better choices and they never evolved

Please explain what you mean by they never evolved.

 

[adam32+P]

I still have a good assortment but I don't know anyone shooting them anymore, so much better choices and they never evolved.

Does that mean they suddenly can't kill anything?

Some people just have to shoot the newest and "most evolved" bullets, doesn't mean others don't work anymore.

 

[Another Casual]

Happy to use Barnes or Hornady, or others. If the price is right and they have a weight/diameter I want, it's worth a shot.

 

[memtb]

Hi all, just curious…it's been great to see multiple other players enter the lead-free game.

Just curious if anyone still not only shoots but prefers Barnes bullets? I don't have a ton of experienc with monos in general, just some Barnes and some Hammers just doing load work up at the moment…but
I notice they're not the fad or flavour of the month anymore.

Any die hard barnes fans still aroud or are they old news and therefore unloved at this point?

While Hammer's have a great deal of promise and are available…..I've used Barnes bullets since the early '90's. I have a lot of them, have had great success with them……have zero desire to change!

As we only have two hunting rifles, we have them in limited calibers. We have quite a few "left overs", those that have been improved upon, on the shelf. Presently, only 225 TTSX's for my wife's .338 WM and 250 TTSX's for my .375 AI. I have 4 boxes of 270 grain LRX's that will have a load developed with them this summer to replace the 250 TTSX's that I'm presently using! memtb

 

[adk hunter]

Shipped the last of them I had today. Trying to simplify and tired of cleaning copper. (from them)

 

[K.E.C. Darkside]

• Howdy, great bullets, I have
• 6 mm. 80 , 85 ttsx
• 25. 100 ttsx
• 6/5. 127 lrx
• 7mm. 145 lrx
• 30. 130, 150 ttsx
• 338. 160 , 225 ttsx
• I have used Barnes since they came out.

 

[memtb]

Shipped the last of them I had today. Trying to simplify and tired of cleaning copper. (from them)

Did someone previously clean your rifle bore with a "rat tail" file! Except for the original X bullets, which didn't foul a nice polished bore, the new improved versions have a great track record…..unless the bore is in bad condition! memtb

 

[bigngreen]

Does that mean they suddenly can't kill anything?

Some people just have to shoot the newest and "most evolved" bullets, doesn't mean others don't work anymore.

They get the job done still, just there are cleaner ways to get it done, just because there are better tools doesn't mean the old ones never worked or won't work the same now as they did before but why shoot two bullets when I can shoot one and get the job done, why follow blood trails when I can just walk over to a piled up elk?

 

[Lee7588]

They get the job done still, just there are cleaner ways to get it done, just because there are better tools doesn't mean the old ones never worked or won't work the same now as they did before but why shoot two bullets when I can shoot one and get the job done, why follow blood trails when I can just walk over to a piled up elk?

I could shoot an elk with a non expanding bullet and not have to follow a blood trail. That goes with shot placement

 

[Laelkhunter]

Did someone previously clean your rifle bore with a "rat tail" file! Except for the original X bullets, which didn't foul a nice polished bore, the new improved versions have a great track record…..unless the bore is in bad condition! memtb

I agree, they don't foul as much as the cup and core bullets I have used. I thoroughly cleaned the bore of all copper before I tried shooting the Barnes, and I think that assisted in the ease of cleaning. I have read that the barrel should be cleaned between shooting cup and core bullets and mono bullets. I followed the suggestion, and barrel is clean and copper free after 5 or 6 patches when using Bore Tech Eliminator.