Recovered Barnes TSX

['Boo]

First Barnes TSX I have recovered.

130 grain .30 calibre TSX launched at ~2900 fps out of a .308 Winchester chambered short-barreled Ruger 77 compact.

On Friday my daughter shot a 3 year old mulie buck on a hard quartering to shot from ~100 feet. The bullet impacted between the right front leg and brisket and exited at the last rib on the off side. The bullet then hit the rear leg and passed through the femur and ended up just under the skin on the other side of the leg.




The bullet held together well and all the petals remained attached even considering it impacted at archery distance.

 

[Johnn Peterson]

First Barnes TSX I have recovered.

130 grain .30 calibre TSX launched at ~2900 fps out of a .308 Winchester chambered short-barreled Ruger 77 compact.

On Friday my daughter shot a 3 year old mulie buck on a hard quartering to shot from ~100 feet. The bullet impacted between the right front leg and brisket and exited at the last rib on the off side. The bullet then hit the rear leg and passed through the femur and ended up just under the skin on the other side of the leg.

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The bullet held together well and all the petals remained attached even considering it impacted at archery distance.

Hi Boo. It's been a while . Following the urgings of my Son In Law, in a few calibres I've been leaning towards todays technology and have gone to the likes of Barnes. Although the use to date has been limited, here on the 'wet coast' at the closer ranges, results for me with TSX and TTSX has been satisfactory. However, I have found the expansion when used at longer ranges, to be a little 'lacking' and less than expected..

 

['Boo]

Better picture added.

 

['Boo]

Hi Boo. It's been a while . Following the urgings of my Son In Law, in a few calibres I've been leaning towards todays technology and have gone to the likes of Barnes. Although the use to date has been limited, here on the 'wet coast' at the closer ranges, results for me with TSX and TTSX has been satisfactory. However, I have found the expansion when used at longer ranges, to be a little 'lacking' and less than expected..

Hi John!

I have been using the TSX and TTSX for a good number of years now. I have never had a problem with them failing to expand.

I took a mulie a few years ago using a 165 TSX out of a 30-06. The deer was closer to 400 yards than he was to 300 and expansion was perfect even at that distance.

 

[Johnn Peterson]

Better pictures added.

Perfect. Again, at usual ranges encountered here on the Island, great bullet performance. Wish I could get somewhat
similar expansion at longer ranges. After seeing your results, I'll have to doa little more testing.

 

[Ltbull01]

They do perform! Regardless of what the nay-sayers have to gripe about! Never lost an animal when using the TSX.

 

[Ltbull01]

Perfect. Again, at usual ranges encountered here on the Island, great bullet performance. Wish I could get somewhat
similar expansion at longer ranges. After seeing your results, I'll have to doa little more testing.

Need to really pay attention to the velocity envelope with the mono's. They should impact no lower than 2000 fps but some say it can go to 1800. The LRX are supposed to go even lower! But if you keep the range within the 2000 fps you should get good performance out of the bullet!

 

[KiwiMatt]

Can you weigh the bullet? It would be interesting to see it it lost any weight after hitting bone.

 

[unstableryan]

a 120gr ttsx killed my mulie buck Saturday morning. Did at least 30 inches of penetration including a large bone. Not my proudest shot, but dead right there.

 

['Boo]

Can you weigh the bullet? It would be interesting to see it it lost any weight after hitting bone.

It lost zero weight. It was 130 grains out of the box and 130 grains when dug out and washed down.

I specifically went to the lighter bullet for this short-barreled rifle in order to keep the velocity up although I didn't expect my daughter to stick one diagonally through a deer at 30 yards! The amount of "blood-shot" meat also was minimal and I think I trimmed only a couple of pounds off when butchering the animal. The lungs, heart, and half the liver were totally liquefied and poured out like thick jello.

 

['Boo]

a 120gr ttsx killed my mulie buck Saturday morning. Did at least 30 inches of penetration including a large bone. Not my proudest shot, but dead right there.

Congratulations! What calibre was your 120 grain bullet?

 

[unstableryan]

Congratulations! What calibre was your 120 grain bullet?

6.5x55 swede, but I can't remember the specific load. I made up that batch a few years ago. I'll try to find it.

 

[Hitzy]

I have some to try this year...130gr in 270, and 140gr in 7x64. Hopefully I'll see something worth shooting this year.

 

[rommelrommel]

I have recovered a few of these and I am a believer.

 

[john-brennan]

Nice looking bullet

 

[jmichelin84]

Congrats on the deer your daughter took, and yeah the Barnes bullets they petal beautifully, too bad they're so damn expensive eh

 

[badbrass]

Going to use them on my moose hunt! 130gr. in my 6.5X55 sweed.

 

[Ltbull01]

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

 

[Johnn Peterson]

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

Excellent, looks good. What velocity, roughly, and what was the range??

 

[Ltbull01]

Excellent, looks good. What velocity, roughly, and what was the range??

MV was 2925 fps, 100m range. Impact velocity was around 2675 fps. That bullet squared both shoulders. Recovered off-side hide.