The Barnes LRX offers hunters eye-opening accuracy Potential

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 4/10/2017 | Phil Massaro

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and deep penetration at long distance.
"How far?" The two simple words said much more than they implied. First, both Poen van Zyl and I clearly understood we each knew which of the reedbuck rams were to be killed, and second, it was down to a matter of the mathematics involved in taking him cleanly. Based on my professional hunter’s momentary silence, I responded with a brief question of my own.

"One-fifty?"

"Just hold on the point of the shoulder, and squeeze the trigger." Poen van Zyl may have thought in Afrikaans, but knew how to guide a visiting sportsman in English. The Schmidt & Bender’s crosshairs quickly settled on the ram's shoulder, and I broke the trigger of the Heym SR30 like you'd snap an icicle in two. Even through the recoil, I could see the lean reedbuck fold and collapse to its death; the .300 Winchester Magnum had once again done its job, as it had on so many other African species. Though the rifle and optic were new to me, the cartridge and bullet were not; I have come to love the .300 Winchester Magnum, and the Barnes LRX is among the best projectiles the company has ever produced. Read the rest of the Barnes LRX ammo here.

[Daniel Ramsey]

I love the Barnes expansion effects but they can be finiky if you don’t get the right spin on them for long range.

[Bigbrown]

Personally, I like the Hornady ELD – X. The tip is a ballistic heat shield that won’t melt in flight. Not a big deal shooting at the shorter distances the author describes but I’m pushing out to 1500 and beyond where any mis-shape to the meplat makes a big difference.

[Bigbrown]

That can be said of any bullet. A over stabilized (gyroscopically speaking) bullet will not fly it’s great arc with the tail following the tip. When that bullet goes transonic, weird things happen! That’s where dynamic stability comes into play. The same thing applies when a bullet isn’t spun (stabilized) enough.