Barnes bullet question

[Ol` Joe]

Denton I take it this is the penatration found with these bullets or was it retained wgt? How big was the samples or were these one shot numbers?

I`m not a big fan of Phone book performance as it relates to killing game with the exception as to whether or not penitration will be deeper with on bullet then the other. IE: if bullet X didn`t give enough penitration on game, bullet Y shows less in paper and likely won`t either.

The X-bullet for example may or may not expand fast enough on a deers neck to insure a good kill. The Ballistic tip on the other hand should but might stop on a shoulder ball and fail to give enough penitration to achive a clean kill. I would aim for bone with a X type bullet and try to avoid it with fast expanding ones.

This is all inre to deer sized game and elk or moose would change the type and caliber of the bullet needed of course.........