Do you have an explanation for its overwhelming inferiority or is this simply your own personal observations and assumptions? [/quote]
My personal observations.
I agree with everyone that says it's the same as a 30-06, 280, etc. but for me I it has not been.
Take the buck I killed this year. I shot him quartering toward me at 94 yards. I was shooting off bog-pod. Barnes 130 grain TTSX in front of 60.0 grains H4831, sparked by 210M. Velocity right at 3000 fps. Bullet broke his right front shoulder, through the length of his body and lodged against the bone in left rear quarter. The deer ran 90-100 yards never leaving a drop of blood I could find and searched the trail back and forth twice.
I have shot deer with exact shot placement with a 30-06 and never took a step.
I have shot other deer that were the same way, little to no blood trail, shots that should have made them hit the ground they just take off running.
I really think it's just unlucky for me.
Dink [/quote]
Dink,
I have been using Barnes almost exclusively for many years and now Commiefornia mandates unleaded for the whole state. One of the problems that you sometimes run into is that when monometals have high impact velocity they tend to shed their petals and basically turn into a FMJ. That could have been the case with that buck. Maybe a NPT or some such would have worked better in that particular case?
