Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting 140gr Barnes Match Burner vs Whitetail Deer

Did a little bullet testing this weekend. Shot two doe, both one shot kills, out of my 260AI using Barnes new 140gr Match Burners. I'm fairly impressed with their performance on whitetail.

First deer was right at 265 yards. Ran about 15 yards and fell dead. Lots of blood.

Exit side:


Exit side undressed:


Inside. Entrance lower left, just missed a rib:


Inside, exit:



Second doe was shot broadside right at 200 yards. Ran about 30 yards and into the brush. Even though she had a 2" hole in her, there was very little blood, and we basically had to stumble onto her to find her.

Exit on her:


Exit side undressed:


Entrance on the left, exit on the right. Obviously hit a rib on the way in:
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I also wanted to add, that I shot a fairly good sized hog with the same bullet that was just shy of 400 yards, and although the shot was good, the hog was not recovered, and we could find no blood. My Dad was with me though, and confirmed it was a solid hit, as he saw it, and both of us heard the bullets "thump". So, definitely not a long range hog bullet unless you're popping them in the head maybe.

Great post Dan. Its always interesting to see boolits at work. Match Burner makes some fine looking holes. Little .260 is hard to beat for bouncing deer. Good shootin' and good eatn' too boot.

Looks like you don't need the NULA after all. I'll pm my address so's you can send it to me. Then you don't have to bother with cleaning it and such

You want me to wait until the S&B gets back from having a turret added before I ship it?

That Barnes kinda left a mark on both of them . Nonetheless, they look good and fat - there ought to be some good meals there.

Yep, the second doe was a big ol' fat dry doe. It's amazing how well fed they look with us in the middle of a historic drought.