Howdy ENCOREJAMES! Welcome to the forums and thanks for the info.

I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HUNTS IN NORTH TEXAS. HE USES A 257 WEATHERBY WITH THE 100 GR TRIPLE SHOCK AND HE TOO AGREES THEY ARE VERY GOOD PERFORMERS. HE SHOOTS THEM AROUND 3550 FPS. HE TOO HAD ACCURACY ISSUES WITH X BULLETS BUT THE TRIPLE SHOCK SHOOTS VERY GOOD.

I lucked out on the draw this past fall and got a tag to hunt wild bison in the Henry Mountains of southern Utah. I picked the Barnes Triple Shock 225 gr for my .338 Hawk for the hunt. I had been warned how tenacious and difficult to kill these 2000 lb critters are. I had heard horror stories about shooting these beasts 6 to 10 times before tipping them over. I shot my mature bull at 180 yards quartering away from me. The bullet entered behind the left front leg, destroyed both lungs, ventilated the aorta, and lodged in the skin in front of the right shoulder. The big bull ran 15 yards and collapsed. The recovered bullet weighed 224 gr and showed the classic 4 petal mushroom. I could not ask for better performance from a bullet. It also shoots more accurately in my rifle than the equivalent "X" without the rings. I'm sold on the bullet.

halcon, You say your getting better accuracy with Triple shock than the "X" bullets. Can you give me some details on this. I tried just about everything with the "X" bullet in my 7mm Rem. Mag. with unacceptable accuracy. A friend shoots Barnes and I like the performance of the bullet on impact, but he is also having poor accuracy results.

Sniper, I also found problems with X bullets. Some rifles loved them, some hated. Some writers claim that bores in good tolerances will do ok with X bullets but older rifles that have been shot alot or a little over or underbore won't. I think I found that to be true. Thats the reason I quit loaded X.

But I have luck with every rifle with the TSX. They seem to be able to shoot in all my rifles. I believe alot of it has to do with the bulllet being able to mold itself to the rifling better than the X, due to the rings.

Hello. I tried working up a hunting load for my .243 Sako w/ 87gr xxx....not good. To get decent speeds (cronied each receipe), had to push the envelope. Tried IMR and Hodgdon 4350, 4895 and 4350....bad groups all over the page. Went back to 95 gr noslers and >1/2 groups. Cannot recommend Triple shock. Good luck and regards, Rick.