Barnes Bullets. Are they the best?

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This question is in regard to Barnes' TSX and Tipped TSX Bullets (http://www.barnesbullets.com/products/coming-in-2008/new-triple-shock/) (http://www.barnesbullets.com/products/coming-in-2008/new-tipped-triple-shock/)

I just received their free DVD in the mail (http://www.barnesbullets.com/products/free-dvds/free-bullet-myths-busted-dvd/) and watched it in the mail to make sure all the info set into my brain.

For those of you who have seen the DVD, do you think it contains any BS?

For those of you who have shot the above said products, do you now refuse to shoot nothing else when hunting?

If you shot them but still prefer another product, name it and and give the reason why.
 
Barnes bullets are definitely premium ammunition. They are built to do one thing very well, and that is to retain bullet weight at all possible impact velocities, thus providing maximum penetration. At this job, they excel.

Hornady did a series of bench rest firing tests into ballistic gelatin using .30 caliber 150 grain and 165 grain Hornady, Barnes, Nosler, Speer, and Swift bullets. What they found was that the Barnes bullet was the only bullet tested that retained 100% of it's weight after every single impact. The all copper construction of this bullet holds together. That is proven. It penetrated an average of 23" into the ballistic gelatin, second only to the Swift A Frame. What you give up, though, is accuracy and expansion. The barnes bullets shot the second largest groups at 100 yards of all tested, and had the next to least expansion. On average the .30 caliber bullet expanded to .590 inches upon impact. For comparison, the Swift A frame expanded to .760 inches.

I have hunted with Barnes bullets, and I am not as impressed with their on game performance as I am with the Speer Trophy Bonded Bear Claw. I have never once had a Speer Bear Claw bullet fail on me. I get MOA accuracy from them out to 200 yards, controlled expansion, deep penetration, and enormous wound channels.
 
They're good. I'll take Sierra on rifle against them though. And Hornaday on pistol./
 
Nosler and other make a fine product also..... Getting a good shot group required dedication, practice, good brass, powder, primers, a dance to the sun gods and a little magic thrown in....... Then add variables like wind, what rifle, what optics you have, if a black fly is buzzing you, etc, etc.....

Sure -- Buy and try the Barnes products... they make decent stuff....

In your quest for the best be sure to try Nosler, Berger, Horn Vmax, Johnson and other bullets too.....
 
In one rifle, Barnes is the thing. In others, I can't get them to shoot worth a darn. My experience with terminal performance is limited compared to others like the Nosler Partition, but they seem to work as advertised. Your rifle and time will tell.
 
In one rifle, Barnes is the thing. In others, I can't get them to shoot worth a darn. My experience with terminal performance is limited compared to others like the Nosler Partition, but they seem to work as advertised. Your rifle and time will tell.
 
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