I’ve taken about fifteen head of game with the TSX/TTSX’s and have only caught these three. The one I would have liked to see though was the one that killed a whitetail, broadside at five hundred yards as it left a pencil-like exit wound. It is the one that makes me very aware of bullet weight and velocity at the POI for adequate expansion.

Otherwise, I’ve found performance very good coupled with excellent accuracy.

The first was a 140, .284 started at 3050 fps and took a large mule deer (about 250-275 lbs) front-on at about a 100 yds. This bullet was found next to the scrotum which amounted to some four feet of penetration.

The second was a 270, 375 started at about 2700 fps and took a large zebra broadside at about a 100 yds again.

The third and went through a waterbuck side-ways after being turned by a unseen “pinkie-sized” twig about 15 yards in front of the
animal.

With these bulletes, I consider what Barnes advises as minimal velocity for expansion as I anticipate both velocity and range I might take my shot at.

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