What’s the best bear defense ammo out there? This is a very common question we get after multiple backyard brown bear encounters. My wife and I with our six kids live in King Salmon, Alaska. We have one of the highest densities of brown bears in the world here in Western Alaska. Being wild animals, these bears will take the easy way out to find food if there is a chance.   Seeing t …

“Which Barnes bullet should I shoot?” or “What makes an LRX different from a TTSX?” or ”I’ve hunted with TSX bullets in the past but never tried a TTSX or LRX.” These are some questions and statements that we hear and get asked here at Barnes.   In this post, I will explain why each bullet exists, what makes each of them unique, some of thei …