Barnes ammunition loaded by Barnes is usually very good, but some SKUs are loaded by Remington in Lonoke, AR and that stuff can range from good to garbage. All of the Safari and TAC-XPD is loaded at Barnes, but some of the VOR-TX is loaded in Lonoke. I'm not a fan of ball powder in rifle loads but Remington uses a bunch of it because it flows through the old loading machines better than extruded powder. Also, the bullet seating dies at Remington contact the bullet tip and not the ogive so seating depth is determined by the overall length of the bullet.
