Barnes has released new .375 cal 350gr TSX and Banded Solid
- Thread starter Camp Cook
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BigUglyMan
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- Location
- New Scotland
Looks like the Barnes folks have been reading their Kevin Robertson. That TSX will be one stout "expanding" bullet and the solid will be a absolute elephant hammer.
Now who has them or can get them into Canada right away...
I need to give these a try as soon as possible my feeling is this is the bullet weight that the 375RUM was designed for...
If I draw another grizzly tag this year I want to use this bullet especailly if I have to head into the thick bush again after another bear...
Wonder if my front sight will be tall enough?
I need to give these a try as soon as possible my feeling is this is the bullet weight that the 375RUM was designed for...
If I draw another grizzly tag this year I want to use this bullet especailly if I have to head into the thick bush again after another bear...
Wonder if my front sight will be tall enough?
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Frankly the 350 gr Barnes solid like the Rhino 380 gr and Woodleigh 350 gr solids are a bad idea. Long bullets that cannot shift their center of gravity to the nose through expansion, precess (yaw) more than shorter bullets and become unstable upon impact. A solid is at its best when it is of short length, has parallel sides and a flat or hemispherical nose. A properly designed 260 or 270 gr .375 solid will out penetrate the heavy weights due to their higher impact velocities and straight line penetration. I also have some PMP 286 gr .375 solids that have proven pretty good. Even a 300 gr monometal solid is pretty long, and does not perform as well as the lighter solids.
Edited to add . . .
After much testing of the Barnes X and TSX bullets, I have come to believe their design is such that their performance is balanced in favor of the lighter bullet. If the depth of hollow cavity in the nose is the same for all bullet weights within caliber, and bullet weight is increased by making the shank rather than the expandable section of the nose longer, you are better off with a lighter bullet impacting faster. I plan on switching to 270 gr TSXs once I've depleated by supply of 300 gr. This is true neither of the 350 or 380 gr Rhino or the 350 gr Woodleigh.
Edited to add . . .
After much testing of the Barnes X and TSX bullets, I have come to believe their design is such that their performance is balanced in favor of the lighter bullet. If the depth of hollow cavity in the nose is the same for all bullet weights within caliber, and bullet weight is increased by making the shank rather than the expandable section of the nose longer, you are better off with a lighter bullet impacting faster. I plan on switching to 270 gr TSXs once I've depleated by supply of 300 gr. This is true neither of the 350 or 380 gr Rhino or the 350 gr Woodleigh.
Hopefully Barnes redesigned these for optimal penetration instead of the standard expansion chamber. Otherwise there is little point in owning the 350 over the 300 grain version.
Barnes has also introduced a 265 grain TTSX with a BC of over .600.
This could be the bullet of our dreams for those of us that own a large .338 and are interested in long range hunting. Up until now the best bullet has been the 225 grain Accubond.
Barnes has also introduced a 265 grain TTSX with a BC of over .600.
This could be the bullet of our dreams for those of us that own a large .338 and are interested in long range hunting. Up until now the best bullet has been the 225 grain Accubond.
