Featured Hunts
Kevin Kopaunik
Here are some pictures of me, my pronghorn, and my son who accompanied me to hunt on the San Rafael swell this year. It took me eight or nine years to draw out and get a tag.
The buck was taken with a 160-grain Triple-Shock X Bullet factory loaded in 7mm Remington Magnum Federal Premium ammo. The range was somewhere between 150 and 250 yards.
Because people can’t see where the bullet struck, they ask me if I’d simply scared the animal to death. I tell them I use “magic” bullets. Because the 7mm magnum hits so hard, I have found other brands of bullets tend to destroy significant amounts of meat. They leave huge, gaping exit wounds on smaller animals. These wounds made it look like I’d shot the animals with a grenade launcher.
Barnes’ Triple-Shock X Bullets are amazing. The 160-grain TSX can be used for anything—antelope, mule deer, elk and most bigger animals I can think of. It is truly a “one-stop shop” bullet. I have recently purchased more bullets so I can get to work reloading them.
Thank you so much for a great product!
—Kevin Kopaunik
Dennis Paine
I wanted you to know that the Barnes .277-inch 130-grain TSX bullet I loaded for my hunting partner, Mike Merritt, worked perfectly on his 700-pound (dressed) bull moose. The range was close, less than 30 yards, but the bullet performed flawlessly, even at the high velocity it was traveling on impact.
I’ve used Barnes TSX bullets ever since they came out, and can attest to their effectiveness. While he was skinning the moose, the processor tossed me the bullet, which had lodged under the skin on the off side of the animal. This bullet had passed through the shoulder bone and 30 inches of moose.
I didn’t have the opportunity to weigh the bullet, but it looked just like it was supposed to, with perfectly expanded petals. Both my hunting partner and I were impressed. Thanks for making a superior product for us reloaders. Assembling rounds with your product is a pleasure. The powder I used was 52.5 grains of H4895. The rifleman was Lt. Mike Merritt, a professional firefighter from St Lucie, Florida.
We were both very pleased with your bullet’s performance.
—Dennis W Paine