Understanding The Barnes TSX Controversy

[ofbiro]

Dr.Carl Gremse, Senior Researcher of the Brandenburg State Forest Service (Germany), developed a very useful method to evaluate the bullet wounding behaviour.

 

[PerH]

Dr.Carl Gremse, Senior Researcher of the Brandenburg State Forest Service (Germany), developed a very useful method to evaluate the bullet wounding behaviour.

And all State German Forrest areas are lead free also for hunts , and they tried and seen the best and worst of all kinds of bullets . And accidents and injuries also due to richochets on hard ground .

 

[grand veneur]

A political background to all these studies cannot be denied. Lead-free bullets are increasingly required in many areas of various countries in Europe. Not everyone at beginning liked that, especially not hunters who were satisfied with their classic old bullets for decades. There were initially problems with various lead-free bullets, external ballistic problems in older rifles, but also terminal ballistic so that it became necessary to demonstrate to us through various studies that it is possible to kill game with lead-free bullets. In the meantime, the majority of us believe that, but still not all.

 

[Sarg]

I had a lot of German & Austrian hunters this year complaining about the mono bullet/lead free rules & one I remember shot for years all his game with a 30/06 & conventional lead core bullets but after many lost & wounded animals upped the caliber to 300Win Mag to do the same job.

I think he was not a reloader so couldn’t just juice up his 30/06 loads ?

 

[skydiver386]

A political background to all these studies cannot be denied. Lead-free bullets are increasingly required in many areas of various countries in Europe. Not everyone at beginning liked that, especially not hunters who were satisfied with their classic old bullets for decades. There were initially problems with various lead-free bullets, external ballistic problems in older rifles, but also terminal ballistic so that it became necessary to demonstrate to us through various studies that it is possible to kill game with lead-free bullets. In the meantime, the majority of us believe that, but still not all.

That is an important point. If non toxic projectiles become mandatory, thing will have to change on what constitutes a proper hunting load.

When non toxic steel shot became mandatory for waterfowl hunting here in the United States, gauges, chokes, wads, gunpowder, etc. all had to change to adapt. Tungsten, Bismuth, and other non toxic projectiles have complicated things even more.

All copper bullets v lead core will be no different. Calibers, bullet weights, twist rates, powders will all have to be worked out to see what gives the best performance.

The biggest change that will have to be made is our way of thinking.