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The other thing I notice is they are always DRT too.

I've had very good experiences with the TSX/TTSXs out of several cartridges only once wondering at a "very small" exit on a long distance deer hit broadside through the chest. This provided very little resistance at five hundred yards but the exit wasn't much bigger than caliber. Still the deer tipped over very quickly.

You and I have seen similar results. I've shot a bunch of stuff, from whitetails with my 7x57 (by the truckloads) to the bigger stuff, and I think I've only shot one head of game twice with a TSX/TTSX. I will admit that I shoot to break bones with the Barnes.

There's something fishy about ths story. I can see how the bullet might not expand and pencil through, or how it might fragment due to some hardness issue, but not just stop dead a few inches in.

I'm liking the tree in the way theory.