deast1988
Senior Member
Speaking of TSX/TTSX, what is your experience with them on deer? I've never hunted with them but always wanted to kill something with one.
I grouped some 85 TSX in my 240Wby once and they shot pretty well at over 3400 fps.
The stories of light blood trails and lots of runners has kept me from using them. Some people hate them. Seems like it's about 50/50.
I've never loaded any TTSX. Not that it matters but I just think the TSX looks better.
I've considered hunting with them this season.
80gr TTSX is a death Ray in the .243. 100gr same in the .25/06. 127gr in the 6.5-300wby same. 110gr in the .270wsm. 64gr in the 5.56. 140gr in the .7RUM. 130gr in the .30/06. I’ve tried a bunch, they work great:
They are considered a hard bullet, the mono core all copper are tough. You give them help expanding you will have zero issues. Help is hitting solid mass bones shoulders.
Over in 6.8 forums, they say you can see a distinct difference from a hog by a copper bullet that has a smaller deeper wound channel vs a Lead core bullet that dumps on impact. This is from guys who shoot 100s of hogs a year. The 120gr SST vs 110gr TSX out of the 6.8 the 120sst is said to have far more drops on impact then the barnes. Even though the barnes out penetrates. Those guys say the penetration robs the energy dump. I haven’t tested enough, but deer react different when a partition hits vs a TSX out of my .270wsm.