After much reading, my buddy and I are going to load up a bunch of 270 Barnes X for next fall.. Work out the loads from now and then. Any recommendations on which bullets? The original, coated or triple shock? Worth the extra cash to upgrade to the coated or tripple shock?

One of the reasons that we are switching is that all of the bullets that we retreived from game were destroyed or lost their lead core. My partition gold from this fall mushroomed nice but lost the ass end core. Strange. Looking forward to shooting wet Calgary Heralds with the Xs and our left over bullets..

I use the XLC's ( coated) , but i havnt tried the new TSX's

TRIPLE SHOCK all the way!!! The old X bullets only weaklink was their accuracy. The TSX eliminates those problems while still having the performance that Barnes is known for.

Good luck,
RA

i've been considoring using the 95 TSX in my .243 win.. I don't know now b/c of all this I've read here and other places about no blood trail. Any experience out there on this caliber with an x-bullet??????

I would go with the Triple Shock. As for the small blood trail - how big an exit hole is acceptable? 2"? 3"? 6"? Upon gutting and skinning a lot X bullet shot deer, we've found that the damage is tremendous. The hole through the skin may not be 6 inches wide, but the animal is losing a tremendous amount of blood. As for the .243, you can go with a lighter bullet in an X bullet and get great velocity without sacrificing penetration. You'll get plenty of expansion if your X-bullet is screaming over 3,000 fps.

I use barnes X's in my 6mm. they are really wicked on deer.

Yo my friend you did recover those deer even if one did run a few yards. Thats what is so nice about a Barnes X bullet! They penetrate the tip will fold back like pedals on a flower and keep on going. To have a good blood trail we need pass throughs in the lower one third of body cavity so it fills up with blood quickly. then it runs out those holes. Try to get a shoulder shot next time don't matter which side or through both and see how great they work![&:]

I shoot barnes x flat base 150gr in seven mag on bear and elk, but i like to go more fragile on smaller. However, I still beleive that if I don't do my part (hit it where I want and should) no bullet will do the job. Don't give me that bull about sometimes having to take the shot given either. There is no excuse for taking a poor shot.

I'm considering using the 130 grain TSXa in my .260. How do you feel these would perform in that caliber?