{"id":11517,"date":"2015-04-09T14:22:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T14:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=11517"},"modified":"2015-10-24T03:15:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T03:15:14","slug":"new-ammo-from-barnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/new-ammo-from-barnes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ammo from Barnes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/X-2.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Range-AR-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11520\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Range-AR-1.jpg?resize=900%2C497\" alt=\"Range AR-1\" width=\"900\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Range-AR-1.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Range-AR-1.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From time to time new ammunitions slip through the cracks because they are not claimed to be the best deer killers or bad guys stoppers. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesbullets.com\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes Bullets<\/a> has two new lines of ammunition\u00a0that might appeal to you if you like to shoot little groups, bang steel or just hear your gun go off. While conducting some research at the Barnes Bullets&#8217; laboratory in Mona, Utah I got to talk with Jessica Brooks-Stevens about these new offerings. She also proved good to her word and has provided samples. I&#8217;ll be covering both loads in my next ammo column for NRA&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shootingillustrated.com\" target=\"_blank\">Shooting Illustrated magzine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--YouTube Error: bad URL entered--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From time to time new ammunitions slip through the cracks because they are not claimed to be the best deer killers or bad guys stoppers. Barnes Bullets has two new lines of ammunition\u00a0that might appeal to you if you like to shoot little groups, bang steel or just hear your gun go off. While conducting some research at the Barnes Bullets&#8217; laboratory &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2509,2500,1],"tags":[2425,2428,2426,2427],"class_list":["post-11517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense","category-shooting","category-uncategorized","tag-ar-ammo","tag-competition-loads","tag-precision-match-ammo","tag-range-ar-ammo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-2ZL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7115,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/fresh-off-the-ups-truck\/","url_meta":{"origin":11517,"position":0},"title":"Fresh off the UPS Truck","author":"gunwriter","date":"June 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I've tested handgun ammunition loaded with Barnes Tac XP bullets before and I've yet to see a bad performer. I'm betting the Barnes TAC XPD ammo will do just as well as the loads from Black Hills, Buffalo Bore and Doubletap which are loaded with Barnes bullets. Watch for a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DEFENSE&quot;","block_context":{"text":"DEFENSE","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/category\/defense\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/TACXPD-1-300x272.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6979,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/ballistic-excitement\/","url_meta":{"origin":11517,"position":1},"title":"Ballistic Excitement","author":"gunwriter","date":"May 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Look what the UPS man delivered today. (Every time he delivers me ammo he asks, \"How do you get all this ammo? Know where I can get some small rifle primers?\") It helps to know important people and I know this guy named Randy Grove who works for Remington. 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