Barnes TSX Seating Depth
 

Question about Barnes?? Theyreccomends starting at .050" off the lands and further suggests .030 - .070 for seating depth for best results.Curious what are other TSX shooter's finding/using? Following or deviate to what you found works in other bullets!

RE: Barnes TSX Seating Depth
 

For shooting in my semi-auto rifles, I just load them so that the last groove is just covered by the case mouth on a case that is trimmed to SAAMI minimum. For the .308s I use in 168gr, this makes their OAL a little under the standard .308 OAL. I really don't know what the distance from the lands are in either my M1A or Win Model 100..................but these shoot really well like this.

Personally, with the 3 grooves on this bullet, I think getting all 3 of those grooves in the case mouth is more important than distance from the lands - as the extra contact with the mouth will improve neck tension on the bullet and give it a straighter start down the bore.

RE: Barnes TSX Seating Depth
 

I tried seating Barnes X bullets .050" from the riffling, and did not obtain great accuracy using .30 cal. 180 gr., and 200 gr. bullets. I set the bullets .010" from the rifling and received groups under .75" groups. I have had the same experence with .270 cal., 7mm cal., and .338 cal. I believe the use the .050" measurement isdue to saftey percautions, but if one works up the load slowly there should be no problem. Good luck.

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Thanks for the replies. Hopefully I will be able to wade through the weeds to get the TSX shooting well, have heard nothing but good things with thisbullet.

RE: Barnes TSX Seating Depth
 

Skeeter I just posted the results on using the TSX in a 270wsm on the accurate loading form if you want to check it out,I am a very slow typer and don't want to retype it again.pic of a hog I got using the tsx also
If I knew how to without typing it again I would post it here too.

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Thanks Herman I'll check it out!

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Herman, I’m very interested in the results from the TSX in your 270wsm but can’t seem to find the accurate loading form. Can you point the way...:D

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Trailer link to Accurate Reloading Forums:
http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve

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Thanks Skeeter.