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Barnes followup
Posted by Ed M on Apr 17 2005
I don't consider the Cape Buff that difficult to put down, there are definitely tougher. Its all about bullet placement like any other animal. Take out the brain, spine, or shoulders and what choice do they have. Mine was taken as it was coming at me, I hit it just right of center throat, it took out the neck arteries,took off the top of the heart, suspect it hit the bottom of the neck spine or caused spinal shock and exited at the back of the left ribs. It dropped like God decided to take away its legs. Went down with a thud and a cloud of dust. The ear shot I posted earlier was insurance as it laid on the ground and exited right next to the first shot.
I am not aware of anyone having problems with Barnes performance. Price, accuracy, and fouling problems - Yes! but not performance on game. I shoot them in .50 cal muzzleloader, 454, 257 Wby, 300 Ultra, and of course the 375. I literally have never trailed for even an inch or wounded a single animal with a Barnes, all dropped instantly or within sight at just a few yards. I find myself converting more and more guns to them. Some of the larger stuff I gave more than 1 shot but they were all stopped, either down or dead on their feet from the first shot.
The Water buff was neither wounded or coming. Why not just kill the animal instantly and not worry about it not going down!
How do I know they expanded? How do you know any bullet expanded if it is not recovered? Except for my impala that had a perfect 375 hole in and out, couldn't tell which was in and which was out. The others had exit holes like any expanding bullet, the internal wound channel is big, and most importantly, almost everything drops where it stands.
Regarding the water buffalo, here is a link to answer your questions:
http://community.webshots.com/album/88041293kdcIhm
The Tanzania, Australia, Mexico, and Kugluktuk albums all involve Barnes bullets.
http://community.webshots.com/user/tundragriz
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