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But Barnes did not invent monolithic bullets.


I read a Jack O'Connor article from an older Gun Digest. In his article he mentioned Fred Barnes and his bullets.

He stated that Fred Barnes started making copper bullets in the early 1940's when lead became unavailable because of
the war effort.

Barnes came up with the idea of copper bullets, maybe not original even then, but he did it. Well before Randy Brooks claim to have come up with the idea.

O'Connor did not have a favorable impression of them. They were crudely made to him.