I have never been a fan of Barnes bullets. I used them in a 416 Taylor for an Elk hunt. I shot a nice cow at 40 yards and it just zipped right through her with little to no expansion.
How did you know that? I assume you had the opportunity to do forensics?
Bullets are bullets and I have good performance on various bullets on various critters but I have had exceptional performance from the 120 TSX (and TTSX) except when the Accubond has delivered. Um, well, and the SST.
Now, I have more learning to do since there is a 1948 .30 Magnum Super Grade waiting for me decide on I'll end up on a selection of new bullets to play with soon.
