A couple of days ago, I came across several boxes of old Barnes bullets in a small, rural shop. They are so old the labels are faded right out and falling off. They're round nose softs (no cannelures) in unusually heavy weights - 300 gr. .338s, and 350 gr. .375s. The guy is offering them 'fer cheap' if I take them all (300 rounds, or so), but I'm not familiar with them. I like heavy RNs, but how did they shoot? Particularily, how were they for copper fouling? I think I vaguely recall someone saying they had fouling problems, but of all the things I don't trust, my memory is at the top of the list! Any comments?

Them's the Barnes originals that Frank Barnes himself developed. They are being phased out of the Barnes line in favor of the X. If they shoot well then they are heavy enough to kill anything, the Barnes manual still carries data on them.

They Foul no worse than the Barnes X Bullet.I personally haven't had any fouling issuies with them.
I like the Barnes Original Bullet alot,I wish they would go back and start making them again.

I love them and will take 'em all if you don't want them. I purchased a bunch from my local shop but when I went back to buy the rest after testing them in my rifles I found they had changed the prices to current x prices and I just wouldn't play that game.