I've recently (3-4 months now) found myself intrigued by the tsx/ttsx or even gmx lineups, but have had a few prople tell me that the solids are harder on barrels than say a bonded or cup and core bullet. My question is how much truth is there in this? I'm sure with the knowledge base here I will get to the root of it.
Barnes tsx/ttsx hard on barrels?
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I have worn out a lot of barrels using lead core bullets. Throat erosion is the problem. This is caused by hot gasses. The rest of the barrel is perfect.
I shoot few solids, but I assume the gasses are still the issue. Some calibers are bad (over bore big cases), whereas 6.5x55 and 308 last 5,000+ rounds.
Unless you shoot thousands of rounds of solids, wear is not an issue. If you do shoot thousands of solids, you are so wealthy that changing a barrel once in awhile is not a problem.
I shoot few solids, but I assume the gasses are still the issue. Some calibers are bad (over bore big cases), whereas 6.5x55 and 308 last 5,000+ rounds.
Unless you shoot thousands of rounds of solids, wear is not an issue. If you do shoot thousands of solids, you are so wealthy that changing a barrel once in awhile is not a problem.
I would be pushing them out of a .300wsm and .30-06. I'm not your 5-10 round a year shooter, I like to put 50 or so through each rifle in a range trip with the exception of the .22 and that can be a couple hundred easy but obviously don't reload for that one.
Since the throat will burn out long before the barrel will wear out due to friction, using a monometal bullet won't effect barrel life at all. As for fouling, I don't find that the TSX/TTSX foul any more than jacketed bullets.
The quick answer is no, it won't hurt anything but your wallet; but as often is the case there is at least a grain of truth to what your friends are saying even though it probably won't affect you. If you can shoot out barrels with mono bullets the price of a barrel isn't going to matter much.
The engraving forces are higher, and the less compressive nature of copper has been known to take apart the barrel solder jobs on expensive double rifles. It's a warranty/no warranty issue with some manufacturers.
The engraving forces are higher, and the less compressive nature of copper has been known to take apart the barrel solder jobs on expensive double rifles. It's a warranty/no warranty issue with some manufacturers.
As others on this thread have so eloquently stated, bullets do not wear out barrels.
The demise of any barrel comes at the throat, and that mostly from hot gases burning the metal.
Use your TSX/TTSX/GMX bullets and don't worry about the wear factor some are suggesting. [In error]
If you are fortunate enough to wear out a barrel due to throat erosion, you have done a fair bit of shooting.
Regards, Dave.
The demise of any barrel comes at the throat, and that mostly from hot gases burning the metal.
Use your TSX/TTSX/GMX bullets and don't worry about the wear factor some are suggesting. [In error]
If you are fortunate enough to wear out a barrel due to throat erosion, you have done a fair bit of shooting.
Regards, Dave.
