Performance of Triple Shocks on light game?

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Okay you guys, I am interested in how TSX bullets work on light game such as deer, antelope, barren ground caribou, black bear, etc.

If I load TSXs for bison, moose and bear, but come across a lighter animal, such as a wolf, what can I Xpect :) the bullet to do? Expand and kill quickly or just sail on through?

Not interested in what you have read, but actual field experience you have seen.

Thanks,
Ted
 
My uncle hit a mule deer doe through the lungs last fall with a 150G triple shock out of his 30-06. Range was about 150yds, at the muzzle velocity was about 2950. Bullet went in between two ribs, exited other side breaking one rib. No blood. No smack sound when it hit. We all thought he missed, found her dead about 300yards away in the same field, bled out internally. Lungs were one big glob of jelly. I have seen worse entry/exit damage from an arrow with broadheads.
 
You'll probably get a few different replies but... from what I've seen (3 mulies, 3 whitetails, 2 pronghorn) the TSXs work great (270 WSM and Win), 130 gr). I would feel comfortable using them on black bear, moose or elk.
 
Why Not,
I've killed animals from about 20 pounds to 3000 pounds with TSXs. They penetrate and kill the biggest animals and don't mangle the small ones. If they do have a downside, it's that animals sometimes don't even look hit. Nothing's perfect.
 
A-zone said:
Ted: FWIW, I used .270 and 7mm Triple Shocks on critters as small as Jackal and as large as Kudu on my recent trip to Africa.

Check here for pictures:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=174930

In my experience (22 animals) I would expect them to expand quickly and sail through.:)

They're an excellent bullet for large or small game.
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LOL...thats a hell of an answer. Doesn't get much better that that! :)
 
I've been involved in or shot myself 26 animals ranging from a mountain reedbuck to moose over 1000 lbs. performance has been great in all cases. In all of the animals I shot (18), other than finisher's two took second shots to knock down.
The reedbuck which weighed abut 60-70 lbsjust off looking right at me and the PH warned me not to hit the shoulder or I would ruin the cape, I moved back in front of the back leg and basically shot his ass off. Here is the photo

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The wound in the back of his head is form a knife, he was flopping around with no use of his back legs and there were a group of buffalo watching from about 200 yards away.
 
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OK, here are some examples of exit wounds (all with the 130 grain TSX in a .270 Win. except the Kudu):

Impala (~200 yards):
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White Blesbuck (~200 yards):
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Kudu (300 yards+ with a 140 grain TSX in a 7x57). You can clearly see one of the exit wounds on the kudu carcass. The velocity on this 140grain 7mm bullet was 2,883 (avg 5-shots) chrono'd at home.
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Warthog (~120 yards)
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Jackal (within 150 yards):
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Another Jackal (within 150 yards):
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and another Jackal (at ~100 yards):
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That reedbuck of mine was shot at a very severe angle hence all the damage. It was also driven really fast, about 3200 fps, at those velocities, any bullet bruises meat. When my son shoots them out of his 30-06 meat damage is very similar to any other bullet. The really nice thing about the TSX is you typically load one wieght lower, therefore they recoil a bit less and shoot a bit flatter than a traditional bullet, yet still penetrate like hell. The moose I shot last fall was very big, I shot it broadside from up a bit of a hill at 250 yards, it took out a rib going in, both lungs, blew apart the heart, broke the far shoulder and got hung up in the far side skin. It weighed 2 grains less than when it left the barrel and the moose went about 10 feet. The faster they are moving, the better they penetrate.
 
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Wrong Way said:
Martin....what would be your opinion on the 140's travelling at 7/08 velocities for moose sized game?
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280Ackley has shot at least one moose wiht a 140gr TSX from his 7-08 AI, if i am not mistaken.

As for expanding on small game? Well the small yote I just shot a few hours ago wiht my 300WSM 180gr TSX sure showed some expansion.Extreme expansion. Penetrated, too.:p
 
Quartering towards me, shot through the near (right) shoulder, through torso, exited left hip.

I woudl say expansion was dramatic.:)



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Ive shot a couple deer with the 130 gr TSX in 6.5mm, it expanded great on the two moderate range shots (100-150 yards both - 2850 f/s muzzle) and killed both bucks dead in their tracks
 
Pointy bullets do not sail through. They tumble in the animal and create extensive damage. The pencil - hole is an uneducated explanation for a lesser shot.
 
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