With all the hype about non-lead projectiles these day, here’s a look at how and why Barnes’s engineers created the monolithic X Bullet, and the improved copper bullets that have followed.

An exclusive look at how the revolutionary solid-copper bullet, now 25 years old, recalculated the math on terminal ballistics and set a new standard for performance on big game.

“Barnes is a leader in lead-free, all copper bullets, with a rich history of product innovation and strong brand awareness amongst the core enthusiast, yet it has untapped go-to-market potential.

Big game bullets are not all created equal and the term “big game” encompasses antelope to elephants, so it’s a lot of ground to cover. Here are my top ten picks for hunting big game.

Some prolific hunters and writers have even advocated for copper bullets based on the performance characteristics of what I’ll call traditional copper bullet designs — think Barnes TSX/TTSX ...

Bullets like the Copper Rose are changing what we expect from monolithic bullet performance and are making copper more effective than ever.

Watch F&S's shooting editor test the 120-grain Barnes Vor-TX TTSX 6.5 Creedmoor bullet by firing it into ballistics gel.

Though Barnes Bullets probably is best known for its line of solid copper bullets, the company has produced traditional copper-jacketed bullets with lead cores since its founding by Fred Barnes in ...

Barnes has been making non-lead bullets since 1989, the first year Randy Brooks introduced his all-copper, X Bullet to the hunting community. Brooks had been using the X Bullet since the spring of ...

Federal Barnes LRX Copper Federal's new lead-free Barnes LRX ammo. Federal has also introduced a new line of centerfire ammo loaded exclusively with Barnes LRX Copper bullets.

Hunters much more experienced than I loudly proclaim that Barnes Bullets of Mona, Utah, produces some of the most consistently accurate and deadly game bullets on the planet.

“Barnes is a leader in lead-free, all copper bullets, with a rich history of product innovation and strong brand awareness amongst the core enthusiast, yet it has untapped go-to-market potential.