Recently saw the Barnes DVD called "Performance VS. Deformance", and I must say the Barnes TSX and TTSX bullets look impressive.
They show them fully expanding after being shot through an apple and after only 3" of ballistic gel. (They were trying to prove that the reputation of them not opening up on thin skin animals wasn't true)
Now I know when something looks too good to be true, it probably is.....but it does peak my interest.
Can you folks who have in the field experience with TSX or TTSX bullets let me know how they have performed for you?
well one reason not to use them over another bullet would be cost, why do you need that kind of penetration on a whitetail? they are classified as medium thin skinned game, not that hard to kill.
RR
Overpriced, poor BC, overpriced, NOT needed for MOST game animals in the USA.
That said, I've used them on at least 3 deer that I can remember and all resulted in complete pass thrus and a dead deer. Nothing special, just two holes, in and out.
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one reason I will not buy barnes bullets
back in the mid 90's when the original x bullet came out, it was hailed as the next big thing, I bought 3 different weights in them in .284 diameter, because I had several different 7mm rifles that shot well.
I tried them in 7mm/08, 280, 7mm RM, 7mm STW nothing I had would shoot them close to acceptable, I called randy brooks, he told me to make sure all of the copper fouling from standard bullets was cleaned from the barrels as it would cause the barnes to shoot erraticly, so I cleaned the barrels and retested, same thing.
Went and bought an outers foulout and cooked the barrels clean......they shot worse, so I was out 250.00 plus my time and had nothin to show, will not make that mistake again, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
RR
I use them out of my 280 AI, 300 Win, 300 RSAUM. Farthest shot was 75yds. Two of deer the bullets never exited and they dropped in their tracks, the 3rd was neck shot and bullets did go through both sides but dropped it. No damaged meat on any of the deer. I get great accuracy with TSX, i'm trying the tipped Tsx out of my 280. But i will say that i couldn't get the old x bullets to shoot at all.
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Some guns will shoot the Barnes bullets great, other guns wont. Some places require no lead bullets, while most places dont, yet. For the price of their bullets, not to mention the differences in reloading for them, Ill stick with Noslers.
well one reason not to use them over another bullet would be cost, why do you need that kind of penetration on a whitetail? they are classified as medium thin skinned game, not that hard to kill.
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Overpriced, poor BC, overpriced, NOT needed for MOST (ANY) game animals in the USA.
What they said......
Is the animal any deader just because you paid 3 times as much for them????
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Why NOT to use Barnes TSX/TTSX???
