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I agree completely.
Barnes (like any other company) isn't really in the bullet business - they're in the customer sales business.
If enough customers want something - no matter how silly that something is - a company will make it.
Another example within the Barnes line is boattail bullets. Randy knows that boattails are useless, knows that nobody really needs them on a game bullet, and knew that they'd be more difficualt and more expensive to make than flat base bullets. But customers whined and begged for boattail bullets - and Randy shrugged and made them.
The latest fad is extra long, extra heavy bullets in very fast twist barrels for very long range shooting. Never mind that 99% of all game is taken at 100 yards or less (and has been since bows and arrows were king). Customers whined and pleaded for a "long range" version of Barnes bullets. Okay.
Now, to complete this picture, the opposite effect also rules. No matter how good, how useful, how practical a product is; if not enough people buy it, it will be discontinued. The latest example? Winchester Model 70 and 94 rifles.
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