My first recovered Barnes bullets. Link to video from my hunting trip

TurdusMerula

Couple of weeks ago on I shot a buck and as I butchered it, I recovered my first ttsx’s after tens of kills with these.
I shot the first shot into it’s chest from around 150 yards. It had moved it’s head and before it entered the chest it went through the deer’s nose and lower jaw. Then it entered the chest.
Deer took a backflip and kicked few times and laid still after that. That wasn’t the whole story though. While I was picking up my stuff it had stood up and was slowly walking away from me while I was packing my stuff from my shooting post (ditch by the field, remember the video?) It was already at 220 yards, walking slowly away when I shot it for the second time. It was very dark and all I could see was it’s rear end and a bit of shoulder. In the darkness I put my scope’s cross hair’s red dot in the point where I saw his b**t and shoulder unite. Super quartering shot. I heard the bullet slamming in and game was over after a 20 yards ”run”

When I was butchering the deer I found my bullets. Side by side just outside the rib gage, under the shoulder blade. Ther other bullet had made three small dings on the other bullet’s side. You can see one in the picture. Hopefully.
Funny coincident that they hit each other when I shot the deer for the second time. Power was almost out at that point though. Seventh deer for this season and first on year 2020.

Here's the video from the trip. Probably as boring as watching the paint dry but someone might find it interesting to see the landscape from my home to my hunting area one hour drive away from our home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ECXsegoq4

CHIRO1989

Cool video, looks just like Northern Minnesota, right down to the rocks along the highway. No binoculars or spotting scope to hunt that huge field? 

earlyagain

Those bullets appear to live up to their sterling reputation.

TurdusMerula

earlyagain said:

Those bullets appear to live up to their sterling reputation.

Yes, they do. We just counted with my father that we have shot over seventy animals (moose, white tail deer, roe deer) with them without any problems.
In last November we managed to get our first Barnes from the game. My father shot an moose cow from 250 yards with 308 win. Bullet broke the front leg’s bone and destroyed the heart oan was found on the opposite side’s hide. Bullet was in perfect shape even after exploding the bone from the leg.

earlyagain

Literally, solids that expand.

Bigslug

TurdusMerula said:

earlyagain said:

Those bullets appear to live up to their sterling reputation.

Yes, they do. . . . My father shot an moose cow from 250 yards with 308 win. Bullet broke the front leg’s bone and destroyed the heart oan was found on the opposite side’s hide. Bullet was in perfect shape even after exploding the bone from the leg.

That's probably one of the most useful testimonials for these slugs - we know how much depth we can get at what distance, and we know that a major bone isn't going to destroy even the petals of the nose.

What bullet weight was your Dad using in his .308?

TurdusMerula

Bigslug said:

TurdusMerula said:

earlyagain said:

Those bullets appear to live up to their sterling reputation.

Yes, they do. . . . My father shot an moose cow from 250 yards with 308 win. Bullet broke the front leg’s bone and destroyed the heart oan was found on the opposite side’s hide. Bullet was in perfect shape even after exploding the bone from the leg.

That's probably one of the most useful testimonials for these slugs - we know how much depth we can get at what distance, and we know that a major bone isn't going to destroy even the petals of the nose.

What bullet weight was your Dad using in his .308?

It was 168 grain ttsx at claimed 2560fps (Sako Powerhead 2 factory load)
Petals were perfect after the hit and journey through the moose

zorba

Wow - roll those petals back up, tap them in place with a hammer, and you could re-use that bullet!

Bigslug

TurdusMerula said:

Bigslug said:

TurdusMerula said:

earlyagain said:

Those bullets appear to live up to their sterling reputation.

Yes, they do. . . . My father shot an moose cow from 250 yards with 308 win. Bullet broke the front leg’s bone and destroyed the heart oan was found on the opposite side’s hide. Bullet was in perfect shape even after exploding the bone from the leg.

That's probably one of the most useful testimonials for these slugs - we know how much depth we can get at what distance, and we know that a major bone isn't going to destroy even the petals of the nose.

What bullet weight was your Dad using in his .308?

It was 168 grain ttsx at claimed 2560fps (Sako Powerhead 2 factory load)
Petals were perfect after the hit and journey through the moose

Sweet!  I've killed three deer with that bullet at 2975fps from a .30-06 with the intent of having a one-load-for-all rifle.  Haven't recovered one yet.

I selected the 130 grain version for my deer-dedicated .308.  Given that I've largely lost interest in the elk game, I may drop down to that for the '06 as well in the interest of flattening the trajectory.

The nice thing about the .30 cals is they all have the same nose, so die changes for C.O.A.L. are not necessary.