Barnes triple shock X... Damn hot bullets.. and nearly 100% weight retention

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Hi guys jsut reloaded a box 30-06 with some 168 gr. Barnes triple shock-X after shooting them I just search the sand In waht I've shot all the bullets .. I'v found all of them... They were really accurate in my rifle

Back at home I've cleaned them and put them on my electronic scale... The original bullet weight just 10.9gramsand the shot bullets all weight between 10.8 and 10.9 and I was shooting trough the sand.. I can Imagine the result In a moose or anything else.. No worry about the retention and penetration for sure...

here a some pictures of the bullet I took...

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I've heard a lot of good things about Barnes triple shocks, one guy tried telling me that they are bad for copper bore fouling though, any thoughts on this guys?
 
Shrek said:
I've heard a lot of good things about Barnes triple shocks, one guy tried telling me that they are bad for copper bore fouling though, any thoughts on this guys?
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Full solids don't deform as easily as a lead core bull when engaging the rifling. If the guy's rifle has a very rough bore, then it might foul up more because of increased pressure the bullet on the bore.
 
no more than any other bullet and maybe less cuz of the 3 rings that dont touch the bore
I find that Im getting moly pressures and speeds without the use of that s#*t
moly
I love the tsx
 
I'm really impressed with the TSX bullets too. Most guys seem to get good accuracy out of their rifles with them, myself included. I've shot a few deer with them and an elk, and even with the elk I've never recovered a bullet (130 gr from 270 WSM).
 
Great bullets, I've killed everything from a big bull moose to a mountain reedbuck with one shot. I shoot the 168 in my 300 win mag at about 3200 fps, I load them in 30-06 for my son at 2800. Great bullets, no problems with copper fouling.
 
I agree. Great accuracy and minimal copper fouling. The one animal I've seen taken with one (a large Mule Deer buck at about 300 yards) went down with one shot like the rug was pulled out from under him.
 
They work GREAT in my .300 win mag, but I argue something fierce with 2 friends of mine about their on game performance. They both say they have trouble with the petals breaking off, and that is one reason that they are rarely recovered from animals. They seem to lose the petals on bone and because the petals are the mushroom, the frontal surface area is decreased and they travel straight through similar to a FMJ.
I personally dont care if this is true, as I have never seen an animal shot with one actually walked or ran away.
The rings cut into the body of the bullet decrease barrel pressures and reduce fouling. (decreased surface area = decreased friction)
I LOVE THESE BULLETS
 
I have been reloading them for four years .NO going back to other brands after seeing first hand their knock down power.I have used .257cal,.264cal,.284cal,.308cal.all to take white-tail,mule deer,elk,and bison.I'm lookin forward to get some 123gr. TSX's for loading in my 7.62x39 for deer and bear.
Copper fouling is less and accuracy i feel is better especially when loading lighter weight bullets .
 
I have some loaded for my 270 Winchester, and have taken only o9ne head of game with them so far. That was a quartering away shot on a medium sized muley buck. The kill was quick, but I lost the entire offside shoulder to bloodshot meat. (To be fair, this may have happened with any bullet in this presentation) No recovered bullet, so cannot say what it looked like. It is quite accurate in this 700 CDL, but still will not group like the 140 Accubond, so how much use the TSX will see depends on the Performance of that Accubond. So far I have shot 4 head of game with the 140AB with spectacular results, right out past 550 yards. I probably will hunt the 130 TSX this fall, and hopefully, recover one to see. Regards, Eagleye.
 
Like I said above, these are great bullets. I have recovered three, one form a big bull moose, broke both shoulder blades, would have hit the animal at about 2800 fps, turned the lungs to soup, the bullet weighed 164 grs down form 168. My son recovered on from a zebra and another from a kudu. The zebra was under the far skin, destroyed the lungs, clipped the top of the heart and broke the far shoulder. The zebra dropped RIGHT THERE. The kudu was a longer shot, a second after a poor hit in the paunch it was running and he drilled it through the hams and it was under the skin on the far side as well. Both of these were form his 30-06 and the bullets weighed 165 and 167 grs when I got back home.

I have been in on at least 20+ deer, one big moose, and 7 different elk sized (500-700 lbs) animals in africa. Our PH was very surprised that we both dropped Blue Wildebeest with one shot and Brendan's zebra. He said that almost never happens with those animals. THe TSX is unnecessary for deer sized game and I find they work better when driven fast, so I don't use them on my bush whitetail Kimber 308, but any time for a mixed bag hunt or when using my 300 win mag they are the cat's ass.
 
I hunted with TSX's for the first time last year and took several head of game with their 130 grain (.270 Win) and 140 grain (7x57) bullets. Performance was excellent on everything (from jackals and coyotes to kudu and elk http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=174930

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=183231

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=194658)

I will certainly continue to use TSX bullets for hunting game, especially in the smaller calibers.
 
I keep wondering what a 130gr TSX shot at 3400-3500fps from my 300WSM would do to a moose or elk. I know it would kill deer and bears with no issues.
 
I plan on trying the new .303 150-grain TSX out of my "Eskimo Rifle" (a P-14 that had been previously owned and worked over by an old Inuit trapper that I converted to ".303 Winchester Magnum") as soon as I get a chance. I figure that a 150-grain, solid copper, .303 bullet at (very conservatively) 3,100 f.p.s. should be hell on wheels on any big game in BC.
 
I agre I have had 3 Kills with them in 30 cal magnums. They are accurate fouling was never an issue and they hold true at any velocity.

I really belive they are the best bullet for hot magnums you can get your hands on right now. I use them for my 300 wby and 30-378 wby hunting rifles.
 
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