Barnes Bullets

[Rocky Raab]

First, full disclosure: I'm a Barnes Field Rep, but I receive no pay or other consideration. The post is more of an advisor, where I answer questions from shooters. I'm not selling Barnes bullets. OK?

That said, I heartily recommend Barnes bullets. They are accurate - very accurate in some rifles - and almost completely reliable on game animals. The new TSX design solves most of the pressure/fouling problems of the original Barnes X.

Now, it is important to remember that Barnes bullets do not work the same way as traditional core and jacket bullets. They don't "mushroom" but rather open into what you can think of as the ultimate broadhead...they cut instead of smash their way through an animal. Usually all the way through. It's very rare to recover an X or TSX inside an animal, and there isn't usually a huge exit wound. Just a very dead animal.

Barnes isn't the only great bullet out there, but it IS a great bullet.