Tiny X bullet

[todbartell]

Pictured is the Barnes 22 cal 45 grain TSX, next to what is a common 'minimum' deer bullet, a 6mm 100 gr spitzer

what do you feel is the intended use of such a bullet?

 

[manbearpig]

 

[todbartell]

those look like hybrid's from BigRedd's private hunting property

 

[BigUglyMan]

Duiker, Dik Dik, Springbok cull hunts. Really not sure why you'd use such a light weight yet über tough (presumably - it is a TSX) bullet.

Do us a favour and shoot some yotes with them and report back. Also report back when you guys get 210 Bergers!

 

[Gatehouse]

I'd have no issues using it on a deer, under 100 yards.

 

[captonion]

I'd have no issues using it on a deer, under 100 yards.

Same here!

 

[SuperCub]

I bought some 60gr Nosler Partitions this year for my 22/250. Deer are the intended game for those puppys.



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[blargon]

According to Barnes #3, they recommend 22 cal X bullets for coyote, pronghorn, and whitetail...

 

[martinbns]

I would have no issue hunting whitetails with my 223 using those bullets, but alas it's illegal here.

 

[mahony1977]

I'd have no issues using it on a deer, under 100 yards.

Weren't you supposed to try those on black bear .

 

[1899]

Weren't you supposed to try those on black bear .

No, he was supposed to use a stick, or spear.

 

[dizzy dan 1]

My buddy's 10 year old boy got a 12 point buck with a 45gr. X bullet fired out of a 22 Hornet.Bullet went through both sides & kept on going.I know its a fact as he had it mounted & I reloaded the bullets.DAN>>>

 

[hakx]

That would be a great little deer round

 

[Gatehouse]

Weren't you supposed to try those on black bear .

I used a 53gr TSX from my 223 to kill a black bear at about 175 yards. Complete penetration through chest. Bear fell down, tried to get up, slid down a bank and was dead.

It wasn't a large bear, about the size of an average deer, and the bullet performed very well.

 

[qd-ziggy]

shot placement with just about any calibre is the contributing factor
I use .17hmr for butchering 25-75 yrd. shots .
I would use it for sure on deer sized game.

 

[1899]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ccQxtKQeFk

Feral goat hunt with a .223, 210yard shot using 55gr Remington PSP.

 

[Boomer]

In the North particularly many people hunt big game successfully with mouse guns loaded with ordinary bullets; but it is a practice that I would not personally participate in, except in an emergency. A small light TSX can be driven very fast to ensure good penetration even with optimal expansion. This is something the TSX is pretty good at, but you can or rather should only count on 1.5X expansion which would bring the frontal area of a .224 to .336". I suppose the wound cavity from .34 caliber high velocity pill should be enough to result in a clean kill on animals like deer, antelope, and caribou.

GS Custom in South Africa produces mono metal bullets with features that Barnes has copied in some respects. They load a banded light weight .224 bullet on a necked down .30/06 and drive it close to 5000 fps. Their web site shows the carcasses of antelope shot with these things and it does indeed suggest that a small bore can be a successful big game round.

My lightest rifle at the moment is a .243, and I won't even use that for big game. I think a 6.5 is a prudent minimum, but I seem to be a member of a diminishing group with the greater acceptance of new wonder bullets and extremely high velocity. Perhaps Sheephunter is right and I'm stuck in time a generation past. That's OK though, I know the rules and its a comfortable place to be.

 

[todbartell]

slapped together a load for my rifle with the 45 gr TSX, shot it a couple times at 100 yards with 1" groups



stay tuned

 

[MTM]

Might be O.K. for Starlings/Robins.

 

[manbearpig]

GS Custom in South Africa produces mono metal bullets with features that Barnes has copied in some respects. They load a banded light weight .224 bullet on a necked down .30/06 and drive it close to 5000 fps. Their web site shows the carcasses of antelope shot with these things and it does indeed suggest that a small bore can be a successful big game round.

a bit off topic:
i was checking out their website.... it also shows this:

Pictured below is Mario Benvanuti of Italy, Franco's colleague in the distribution of GSC bullets. Mario used FG Safaris' 458 Win Mag, fitted with Tasco Red Dot sight and GSC muzzle brake, on his lion hunt.