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No complaints here.
All mulies and whitetails hit with a 120 TTSX out of a 7-08, or 100 TTSX from a 257 Robts required zero tracking so far. Have yet to recover one...all pass throughs.

Killed 3 deer with a 139 LRX at 2900 fps from a 7-08. All close range, <100 yards. The 3rd was a whitetail buck. High shoulder shot, broadside. Not perfect placement, maybe 1.5 - 2”, back. He dropped at the crack of the rifle, which was my intent. Massive damage behind the entrance but, to my surprise, no exit wound. The other two exited with sizable holes. It caught some scapula and spine, but I still would have guessed the solid base would have exited even if it shed the front petals.

It is My main elk medicine!

Here is link to a deer I shot with 270, 130 ttsx . Turned his heart into burger.
Spike bull with entry and exit, 06, 168ttsx.
Only bullet I ever recovered , and that is because it was a finishing shot on a bull I shot at very close range in the neck and he was looking at me when I walked up the him. Dug out the bullet out of dirt.. It lost a pedal against cobble stone looking rock.

https://imgur.com/a/9agcR4H

Shot a cow Roosevelt elk a couple weeks ago with a 175 LRX at 2860 from a 30-06 at 60-70 yards. No fuss or low drama. My first lead-free kill. I am glad it worked but still skeptical as it is a sample of one.

Good to hear, I'm planning on trying some 110gr .30 cal TTSX bullets in a 14" .30-30 T/C Contender.

I have had great luck with the 30cal 168 ttsx and 175 LRX out of 30-06 300wsm and 300 Win mag 3 moose 2 Elk and 2 whitetail all bullets exited. The last moose I shot with 06 175 LRX went down like it was struck by lighting. Great bullet!

The TTSX's have worked well for me on coyotes to bull moose out of a 270. Watched my brother take a medium sized bull elk at 315 yds with a 130 gr TTSX out of a 300 WSM a few weeks ago. We have lots of great bullet choices in our day. The TTSX is certainly one of them. I've got a decent load worked up with the 127 gr LRX for my 6.5 Manbun. Hope to give it a real world test soon.

This is good to hear. I have an elk hunt coming up in 2025 and my kids are both using their 7mm-08 rifles. I just bought some 139gr LRXs to load up for them.

I have a lot of confidence in Barnes stuff. The only one I had that disappointed me was a 6mm 85TSX that came apart at 3300fps. It was a VERY close shot. The broken pieces still penetrated to the heart and killed the deer quickly. Even that was not a failure IMO.

TTSX bullet failures? You will search far and wide before you find any, this is IMO the best hunting bullet ever made. I have used this bullet for many years and on game performance or at the bench have always been stellar.......Good hunting...Hb

TTSXs, there's simply none better...I use them in every caliber except my 450NE (just not proper ol' Boy). Superb accuracy and performance.

I have used them in various calibers from .224 to .375, both TSX's and TTSX's. Have yet to be disappointed and haven't lost an animal when using them yet. Unlike some cup and core bullets, you don't need to avoid bone. In fact, when driven at appropriate speeds, they are more effective when taking out bone structure.

Nope.

Have used the 100-grain .25 TSX more than any other, but also the 127 6.5 LRX, 130 .270 TTSX, 140 7mm TTSX, 130 .30 TTSX, 175 .30 LRX and 250-grain 9.3 TTSX.

I shoot the Barnes LRX and TTSX in 4 different calibers. Very happy with the results on game and targets. The only problem I had was it took me awhile to find the right combination in my 243ai and 223ai. After finding the accuracy that I expected all is good. I used the high end of the Barnes recommended load data for 300WM and 280Rem and both were one and done.

I've come around late to copper bullets, I've used middle to heavy for caliber cup and core most of my life. If it ain't broke don't fix it mentality but I wanted to spice things up a few years back so I bought some TSX bullets and so far things look very promising. 180gr TSX in my 8x57. 2780 fps out of a 22inch barrel. Been happy with the performance on the handful of game Ive taken with them. Recovered one, shot into a large bodied mule buck. 178 yards, shot under its chin into its chest. Dropped the buck on the spot.
I also have a pile of 160gr TTSX that I also plan on working up a load. 2900-3000 fps seems doable based off quick load.

I shot through approx. 5 inches of bone with a .338 225 TTSX at just over 150 yards at a muzzle velocity of around 2950 fps. The TTSX lost all its petals but expanded to .516 inches at its widest and weighed 144 grains, which is 64% weight retention.

Sample of one, 30-06 with a ttsx. No bullet recovery, exited the left front shoulder quartering away.

No;

I’ve used:
6.5 mm 120 TTSX 129 Lrx
7mm 120 ttsx 140 ttsx
.375 270 lrx

Loaded for others with no complaints .243 85 ttsx

From whitetail to Cape buffalo

In my humble and limited experience I believe the TTSX solved the few minor problems that existed with the TSX

I find the two easiest bullets to reload are the TTSX and Nosler BT

Well, respectfully, not so sure about all of that. There are a LOT of great hunting bullets, and TTSX's certainly fail.

Below is my TTSX failure; .308/150 TTSX. Hit the shoulder of an elk at 70 yards, didn't expand, tipped, penetrated forward and was found backwards under the hide on the off side.

Having said that, I still think the TTSX/LRX is a very good bullet and would not hesitate to use them in the future (just not this particular batch of 150's). I've come around to the argument against lead and in favor of an all-copper bullet for health and the environment. And in that context, I doubt there is a better mono.

Brad
I have had the old 130 .277 TSX bullets bend the nose over on several animals but that problem has never occurred since the plastic tipped TTSX was introduced. In all cases those TSX bullets impacted at quartering angles.

I have never heard of the larger diameter (.358 or .375) TSX bullets doing that.
R

This was a straight-on, non quartering shot.