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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 355225" data-attributes="member: 389">I used to really love the accuracy out of factory loaded 115 gr, Winchester ballistic silvertips for my 25-06.&nbsp; I suppose they were coming out just a hair over 3000 fps.&nbsp; The problem I eventually ran into with them was their tendency to explode on deer that were less than 100 yds away.&nbsp; As an example, I shot a bedded down doe in the neck at ~70 yds nearly perfectly broadside to me.&nbsp; That one had a fragment of the bullet take a right turn and travel between the hide and the meat all the way from just behind her ears to near her tail, where I found the fragment.&nbsp; It left just the weirdest little trail of blood along its path without hurting any meat, but still...I prefer my bullets to hold together better than the BSTs were doing at short distances.&nbsp; Switched to reloading almost 20 years ago and have shot Barnes bullets of different flavors almost exclusively ever since.&nbsp;&nbsp; My only issue with the Barnes bullets is that while they tend to stay together very well, they almost always exit no matter the range and impart much of their energy in the dirt. Exceptions being when I used them to punch a hole through a shoulder blade. That's led to a couple deer that went farther than they would have if'n I'd have been using older technology bullets. Everything's a tradeoff in life.&nbsp; I've never shot anything at such a distance to where the Barnes bullets didn't expand as designed (out of either the 25 or my 7mm), but the longest shot I've taken over the past 15 years, or so has been a little over 500 yds.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 355225, member: 389"] I used to really love the accuracy out of factory loaded 115 gr, Winchester ballistic silvertips for my 25-06. I suppose they were coming out just a hair over 3000 fps. The problem I eventually ran into with them was their tendency to explode on deer that were less than 100 yds away. As an example, I shot a bedded down doe in the neck at ~70 yds nearly perfectly broadside to me. That one had a fragment of the bullet take a right turn and travel between the hide and the meat all the way from just behind her ears to near her tail, where I found the fragment. It left just the weirdest little trail of blood along its path without hurting any meat, but still...I prefer my bullets to hold together better than the BSTs were doing at short distances. Switched to reloading almost 20 years ago and have shot Barnes bullets of different flavors almost exclusively ever since. My only issue with the Barnes bullets is that while they tend to stay together very well, they almost always exit no matter the range and impart much of their energy in the dirt. Exceptions being when I used them to punch a hole through a shoulder blade. That's led to a couple deer that went farther than they would have if'n I'd have been using older technology bullets. Everything's a tradeoff in life. I've never shot anything at such a distance to where the Barnes bullets didn't expand as designed (out of either the 25 or my 7mm), but the longest shot I've taken over the past 15 years, or so has been a little over 500 yds. [/QUOTE]

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