Recovered Barnes TSX

[hawk-i]

I think the trick to using mono bullets is to hit bone.

 

[Vern Kowalski]

I have nothing but good things to say about the Barnes Tsx bullet. I'm to the point where I'm wondering why shoot anything else? Particularly for hunting big game.

 

[Leatherstocking]

There’s no trick to using the TTSX or TSX, they just work.
Shot a small whitetail last Friday. Entered through the ribs, destroyed the lungs and heart. Turned the off shoulder into jelly.
7mmRM, 150 grn TTSX, 240 yards.

 

[iron cat]

I think the trick to using mono bullets is to hit bone.

No, the key is to make sure terminal impact velocity is close to 2,000FPS as was already stated.
I have killed and seen animals killed with Barnes bullets with everything from 6.5X55's to 338's , some hit bone, some didn't.
The ones we recovered looked like the ones in the previous pics.

The ones we didn't recover did not matter because the critter died right there.

The last one I shot was a white tail at 127 yards with my .303 and a 150TSX, no bone hit and the deer went straight down.
I still have about 200 left, maybe I should start using them more, but I like the old cup and core bullets I have still as well.
Cat

 

[Northman999]

This is a recovered 168gr TSX from my 30-06 on a g-bear. Recovered weight = 168gr

That’s about perfect bullet performance right there!

 

[todbartell]

One of the fastest kills I've ever witnessed was with the 130gr TSX from a 16.1" barrel Ruger 308. Black bear at about 20 yards, bullet hit the shoulder and through lungs. It didn't even quiver!

Nice to see the results your daughter had with the TSX. STRUDEL!

 

[Ltbull01]

I think the trick to using mono bullets is to hit bone.

Not necessarily. I've taken heart/lung shots that have been just as effective as a shoulder hit.

 

[saskcop]

I have shot a number of elk with the .338 RUM and 250 grain TSX and LRX bullets. Judging by the size of the exit holes, the bullets expanded very well! I have never recovered a bullet and they impacted anywhere from 150 yards away to 300+. They all started out just under 3000 fps, which of course doesn't hurt the expansion. The 250 grain LRX is my latest rendition for that caliber and I will be sticking with it as the BC is ridiculous and it is more accurate than I can shoot.

 

[TSPIRI]

This year my dad and I took a big cow moose with a 130gn barnes ttsx from his 270wsm. One shot through and through both lungs at about 145m. I've probably never seen a more perfect kill shot. She took all of 3 steps and dropped. They were hand loads I made up for my old man but I've got no chrono data.

I've taken a lot of game with different barnes bullets but I've only ever found 1 of the petals that broke off one bullet.

 

[elkhuntr]

Have two sitting on my workbench looking like the perfect mushroom flowers as seen in this thread.

175gr TSX 7mm from 7mm Rem mag, normal 7 mag load, entered behind crease at quartering away, smashed through off side shoulder near the elbow(thickest part of shoulder bone, found on 1/2" thick shoulder skin on off side. 60 yard shot on an Elk.
120 TTSX, mule deer 40 yards, quartering hard forward. Through neck, entered back bone fully mushroomed, destroyed largest part of back bone entered off side loin and travelled 10" before resting on back skin. 260 remington, hot reload.

No lead in my burger
Elky....