On this week's Big Hunt Guys podcast, Brady and Trail sit down with Dale Evans, marketing manager for Barnes/Sierra bullets. We dive into the origin story of Barnes and discuss the pros and cons of copper bullet construction. Dale talks about what ideally a bullet should do on big game and why energy, weight retention, and penetration are all important. The guys work through calibers, weights, and the performance of a variety of calibers and ammunition. They round out the discussion by talking with Dale about his incredible hunting season.
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1 Comment
Trent Bishop
1/29/2025, 11:20:56 PM
You guys had a lot of really bad misinformation in this episode. Copper wounds create the smallest diameter wound at all velocity when compared to bonded or ELM/TMK Copper bullet require the highest velocity, most including LRX should be kept above 2000fps, better yet 2200fps despite what the marketing says. A "perfect" flower of a bullet with high weight retention isn't necessarily indicative of a "good" killing bullet. Fragmenting/yawing bullets create much larger wound channels. It's gun mag/marketing crap. Copper in carcass is a problem for birds of prey, but not a top five cause of death (not sure about condor), the picture mentioned of lead throughout a carcass is a proven fabrication. Don't help the antis Copper within its constraints is fine, it kills, just not as well as other options. I'm passionate after losing an elk as a new hunter and not understanding the limitations of copper bullets at the time.