ReddingArcher
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- May 22, 2014
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I assume I'd want to drop weight with these in mono? They say 1600 fps but I wonder if that's being optimistic. They look like they work just like a GS customs bullet where they shed off the petals. I spoke with the founder at GS, I think he was in Africa, and he was trying to convince me to drop to a 108gr. I think CA is doing a disservice to the deer here because I doubt everyone understand the limitations of the mono's.
I totally agree with them doing a disservice. I havent lost any animals using Barnes but I'm not thrilled with the performance either. I had a good 4x3 blacktail run about 100 yards after double lunging him. I was in a burn and was able to watch him eventually fall but had I been in thick cover I dont know that I would have found that deer. There was not a drop of blood on the ground. The shot was 400 yards out of my 7mm08 pushing a Barnes 150, I have since bought some 120 grain ttsx to try but have been happy with my 300 wm so havent shot anything with the 120s yet.