Barnes TSX in Question

[grouseman]

what alot of people dont understnad, is that more often than not( unless you hit an artery) it takes a while for cavity to fill with blood before it starts to leak out... so you can undertsnad why a high shot would take more time to start to blled than if it was a low shot( makes sense?)
now if you don't get an exit hole your dealing with only one hole instead of two...

that factor is even more increased when the animal is shot from a level height to the hunter..

for the animals that I have shot out of a tree stand, the lowest( or the exit) has bled first before the entrance side has started to bled.....just my .02$

 

[martinbns]

Tod, you are funny! If I have shot half a dozon games I would have formed an opinion and wouldn't need to ask questions. The purpose of the posting is sharing information on the bullet.



The 200 gr TSX is very accurate. As I said I couldn't find any exit hole which is why there was not blood trail. And again, I wasn't look very hard in the field for an exit hole. You need to skin the animal and look really close. For sure, there was no golf ball size exit hole as others have experienced.

Both the 180 and 200 TSX shoot well in my 300wm. My preference is a heavier bullet with a higher sectional density for any given calibre for deeper penetration. In my case I didn't get great penetration (at least I couldn't find any) which is disappointing. The good news is that I didn't see any blood shot meat either.

On that thought of using a lighter bullet, if I was to use the 165 gr bullet I would have used my .308 or .270 if I were to use 150 gr bullet.

From reading this forum and other forums, TSX bullets are well known for opening up as such many are opting to use a lighter bullets. Is that the reason why you suggested a lighter bullet?

Yes that's kind of my point, the same as what gatehouse said, the reason to use heavier bullet is to ensure deep penetration, a 168 gr TSX penetrates like a 200 gr partition as it retains virtually all it's weight. As Stubblejumper also commented, with TSX bullet performance, the faster you drive them the better they perform, also a little different from traditional bullets.

 

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