I sent three e-mails to Barnes Bullets in an attempt to glean technical info with regard to one their products. All have gone unanswered. Calls placed to their customer service phone number result in being placed on terminal hold. It's obvious at this point that Barnes Bullets places no values whatsoever on customer service. The Barnes bullets I was unfortunate enough to have purchased will now become garage sale fodder. Epic fail read more

And now . . . the rest of the story: The Barnes folks call me back and tell me they tested the remaining VOR-TX bullets and they performed within factory standards. They did note that the bullets I bought were not 180 gr., but 150 grain. In other words, I was shooting 2 180 gr. Ultras followed by 2 150 grain VOR-TXs through a series of 5 cycles. So the question is, "should that have affected the performance of the VOR-TXs?" (but not the Ultras). Don't think so. At most the lighter weight VOR-TXs might have been a little higher on the target, but their performance should have been consistent. To show the significant VOR-TX spray affect, see the 2 pix I've attached: the first is of the closely grouped Ultras; the second of the 5 bullets that hit the target using the VOR-TXs (the other 5 were off the target). Bottom line: I might try this exercise again next year (with the box of 180 gr VOR-TXs that Barnes kindly sent me), but for the time being I've lost confidence in Barnes. read more

Barnes Bullets - The tightly grouped Remington Core-Locktd Ultras at 200 yds w/ 5mph x wind - Guns & Ammo Near Me - Mona, Utah

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I've had mixed results with Barnes bullets - both factory loaded and reloaded. Some have been absolute tack drivers and some have been underwhelming. I have shot them out of several rifles in 5 different calibers (.223 Rem., .300 Blackout, .25-06, and .308 Win., and .375 Ruger). The Vor-TX 55 grain TSX FB made a .875 inch group at 100 yards from my Ruger American rifle and the 55 grain TTSX bullet did a .5 inch group at 100 meters over a charge of H335. Factory .300 Blackout ammunition shot under an inch at 100 meters; the 130 and 150 grain TTSX in the .308 Win are unimpressive (2.5 inches or more at 100 meters). The .375 Ruger shot 270 grain TSX's under an inch at 100 meters. I haven't shot the .25-06 enough to have an opinion for that caliber. Bottom line for me: you've just got to try various things to see what works best in your rifle. I'm not generally going to spend the extra money on Barnes bullets because I am fully confident in conventional bullets for the type of hunting I do and the places I hunt. There are so many good, accurate, bullets on the market that, unless I'm hunting where lead-free bullets are required, Barnes aren't worth the extra money read more

Similar to other posted review I bought 3 boxes of Barnes vortex 300wsm 165gr. Ttsx and .308 130gr. The 300wsm looked like I had shot a shotgun at 100yd target5-6" group and had pressure issues with 2 rounds where bolt was difficult to open. Was also shot under Caldwell crono and had a variance of 250fps max in 5 rounds I shot. I had also shot 5 rounds from .308 with similar grouping, but some what tighter 3-4" 100yd. I then called Barnes and they sent me back a shipping order to return unfired rounds. A month later I was concerned from not hearing back from Barnes (so I called them)Talked to a tech and asked what was deal with boxes of ammo I sent. And reply was similar to other post"that rounds we're to manufacturing specs, no problem here" now I also had ttsx reloaded in 130gr in my 308 with varget pushing 2900fps and shot under .50 groups. And also a side note tikka t3 300wsm with run of the mill federal 180 gr shot .75. Now the kick is that some factory round do not shoot well out of certain guns which I experienced in the past(but not as bad as these performed) after talking to tech asking him if they could just send bullets instead of boxed ammo he replied that since rounds were within specs he thought not, but after expressing that shooting at an animal with 5-6" grouping was not something I was willing to do, he some what agreed. He seemed to lose interest in conversation when I asked him what he was going to send back, and never got a definite what I'll be getting back from Barnes? I guess I'll wait and see but so far not very impressed. have heard many wonderful things how Barnes bullets perform and was excited to hunt with them. Will update when I receive box back from Barnes. read more

Amazing .5inch groupings using 168gr TTSX in .308win at 100 yards. Keep up the good work!