And your point is? If a bullet flattens out and fails to penetrate, the animal may be lost or in the case of dangerous game, only serve to turn a hunt into a dangerous situation. In contrast if a Barnes fails to expand (highly unlikely with the bigger bores) it still punches through and makes TWO holes, still leading to bleeding out and death. But quick, go roust the other Barnes haters....
I watched a Barnes hit a whitetail in the ribs and then deflect up and exit out the neck. Was that due to it not expanding? The world will never know.
Yes the animal was obviously recovered. But I still consider it a failure. If that bullet had picked a different angle to go the buck might have ran off.
I'm not a Barnes hater. If I was, I wouldn't be shooting them in several rifles. I just don't buy into the whole thing about them being the worlds greatest bullet.
