I've hand loaded since the late 1970s I started shooting Speer Grand Slams shot them a few years then went to Nosler Partitions then when the Nosler Solid base came out I shot them a while and after the Nosler Ballistic Tip came out I shot them and a mixture of Partitions and still do....when the Barnes solid bullets came out I never tried them so I'm totally in the dark when it comes to solid bullets.