K-22hornet.
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I've been using Barnes since 1992. These are the best bullets I've ever used for big game. The longest distance I've had an elk go after being hit with a Barnes is about 10 steps.
I got started with them through an article in a magazine in 1992. The writer was reloading 223 ammo, using various components. He said he was the first in the USA to try the 22cal Barnes. What got my attention was when he wrote that every time a Barnes hit the ballistic gelatin block it would expand so violently that it would knock the other block off the table. No other bullet could do that!
At the time, I had been hunting coyotes for a few years with my trusty Hornet, and I realized that the Hornet is a 'light' cartridge for coyotes. When I started using the Barnes in my Hornet, the number of runners were greatly reduced, and I could see a significant improvement in DRT numbers. That fall, I switched to Barnes in my 270 for big-game and have been thrilled with their accuracy (the TSX and TTSX, not the original X) and on-game performance.
Wicked bullets.
I got started with them through an article in a magazine in 1992. The writer was reloading 223 ammo, using various components. He said he was the first in the USA to try the 22cal Barnes. What got my attention was when he wrote that every time a Barnes hit the ballistic gelatin block it would expand so violently that it would knock the other block off the table. No other bullet could do that!
At the time, I had been hunting coyotes for a few years with my trusty Hornet, and I realized that the Hornet is a 'light' cartridge for coyotes. When I started using the Barnes in my Hornet, the number of runners were greatly reduced, and I could see a significant improvement in DRT numbers. That fall, I switched to Barnes in my 270 for big-game and have been thrilled with their accuracy (the TSX and TTSX, not the original X) and on-game performance.
Wicked bullets.