Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting 25-06 & 100gr. TTSX's....Oh Boy!!

There are others here working with this new Barnes offering as well. I said earlier that I'd report back as to my findings/results. Well, I just finished load development on my Sako 75 using the new 100gr. TTSX's. I'm usin' RL22, Fed. 210M's and Fed. brass (unfortunately, had a bunch left over). Very soft brass and I might get 3 loads!!

I'm typically getting 1/2 groups when I'm staked down, up to almost 3/4 in. when I get a bit sloppy (to include a bit of wind). They chrono'd out yesterday at a MV of 3,417 fps. (20 rounds chrono'd an avg. of 3,398 fps, chrono set out at 20ft.)

At +2.5 inches at 100 yards, I'm zero'd at 300 yds. with a max-height trajectory of +3.4 inches......just the parameters I've set for my own uses.

A super easy, comfortable load to shoot, extremely accurate, seating depths didn't seem to make any difference from close up to a bit past what Barnes recommends.

I thought my 110gr. AB load was accurate, but this TTSX load leaves very little, if anything, to be desired. 'Course, the proofs in the pudding, as they say.

I'm most interested in any others results as well......thanks.

Next up - the new 130gr. TTSX's for my new 270WSM.

When will these bloody bullets cross the border and land in Canada?! I've been patiently waiting to try them out, and they're taking forever. You've got me all worked up and impatient

Magnumb

looks to be a promising load with a fantastic caliber.

"Next up - the new 130gr. TTSX's for my new 270WSM"

let me know how those work out I am currently shooting a 100gr recipe out of my .270WSM.

Browning M1000 Eclipse
100gr speer spitzer (discontinued had some laying around)
62gr hodgdon 4350 powder
3500fps (26 inch barrel)
the average group so far has been just under 1/2 inche, when it gets below 32 degrees fahrenheit it opens up to about 3/4.

Good! I'm glad my post drives you a bit crazy after you making me worry about my 2 laminated T3's after your supposed "delamination" thread........

They are well worth the wait JS and I hope they get up north ASAP. I expect that they will. Everything's a bit slow these days.

Good luck.

That's flyin'......and accurate.....even better!

I'm lookin' forward to tryin' out these 130 TTSX's as well. I hope that I'm as pleased with their on target performance as I have been with the above load.

I've used the 180gr. TSX's in my 300WSM on a couple elk and they've shown outstanding terminal performance plus great accuracy. I've found RL22 to give me all that I desire in the 25-06, 270WSM and 300WSM. The 270WSM I just sold shot the 140gr. AB's very well with a max charge of RL22. I just wanted a laminated 270WSM and decided to start from scratch while now using the 130gr. TTSX's. Best time to make a change if one desires to do so, I suppose.

It may be a few weeks before I finalize the 270WSM 130gr. TTSX load, but I will report those findings as well. If you or anyone else beats me to the punch...........I'm all ears.....'er.....eyes.

LOL, well, an eye for an eye, I guess then, eh?

I'm glad these bullets are working out so well for you! Do you notice any difference between the tipped version and the regular TSX? Accuracy? Trajectory? etc.

Tikka's are good rifles, and why wouldn't they be they are from Finland!

"Tikka takoo tarkasti" Woodpecker Pecks Sccuratley

The TSX in 100 grain, and the X and XLC before it are all favorites out of my 25-06. Each one was more accurate than it's predecessor. Each one was devastating on game up to elk size. I really wished they made a TTSX for my new toy - my 375 H&H. I think a 250 grainer would be just about perfect. Hear that Barnes?

Looks like a winner. That is how the 110 gr. TTSX's shoot out of my Tikka 270 Win. right about .5 to .75 but I have yet to check speed.

No clue.......I've not shot the TSX's out of this 25-06. The 110gr. AB's shot very well prior to this load however......FWIW.

I've used the 180gr. TSX's in my 300WSM with great accuracy and terminal effects, but don't see a need to try the TTSX's as my 300WSM's are dedicated elk rifles and the TSX's seem to open up well enough on these thicker skinned, deeper bodied, hardier fellas.

I went with the TTSX's in my 25-06 (and soon the 270WSM) as I'm trying to assure myself that they will expand a little quicker on deer out of these dedicated deer rifles/cartridges. Being much more thin skinned, less deep and less hardy, I personally feel it's a prudent move, whether real or imagined.

Since you asked about trajectory, I can tell you that at +2.5 inches at 100 yards, I'm +3.0 inches at 200 yards and dead on zero at 300 yards. I proved that quite clearly yesterday and my groups were some of the best I've ever shot with any caliber up to 300 yards. This load gave me a 3 shot 3/4 inch group at 200 yards and a 3 shot, 1 1/2 inch group at 300 yards. Not award winning, but I'm more than pleased with the results.......whether one feels 3, 4 or 5 shots makes a "group"......

I haven't used the TTSX, but the 100 TSX's shoot under an inch in my 257 Weatherby

They just fly right...........

Weird....I thought, initially, that my 110gr. AB's were as good as I was gonna get, group wise, and they were good!

My rifle and this bullet were definitely made for each other. Doesn't always work out that way, but I'm glad I took the opportunity this time to take that walk to just take a peak over that "last little knoll over there".

The work well in my .257 Roberts, too, a Ruger. I'll be using them instead of the heavier bullets I had been loading.

Somehow, that doesn't surprise me.....

I, also, am going to these lighter bullets because they retain their weight so well. All of the blacktails my son and I have taken with the 110gr. AB's showed both great expansion, terminal effects and about 60% weight retention.

I can only assume, at this point, that these 100gr. TTSX's will likely retain about 98% or so from what I've gathered from other members TSX, TTSX reports.

I'm droppin' down to the 130TTSX's from the 140gr. AB's as well in my 270WSM. This is assuming, of course, that I can still achieve the very good accuracy that I've found with the AB's.

I'm hopeful.........

We'll see, albeit, several months from now until the terminal effects can be assessed......bummer.

Put together a load of Barnes 80 gr. TTSXs and 50 gr. of 4064. The Browning A-bolt spit em out just over .500". That will do!

It will be interesting to see how the Hornady gilded copper GMXs perform...

Olgrouser,

What speed are you getting with your 80 gr TTSX load???

Doc

No chrony.

The Barnes manual is at my mentor's place. I know it's on the hot side, but it's accurate.

I'm testing the 80 and 100g TTSX in my 257 Weatherby. The 100 grain shot a 3/8" group at 3595 the first day out. The 80 grains shot well also; I'm working up slowly and am at 3850.

At 3,595 fps with a 100gr. pill, you certainly do want a bullet that will hold together on impact. I expect that you've found it........ Nice accuracy as well.

I usually fire-from every case prior to serious load development, but tried the 100g. TTSX's out of my aforementioned 25-06 without doing so. I used, brand, spankin' new brass. Another reason I was so taken with these TTSX's and the accuracy I spoke of in my IP.

I don't expect that the fire-formed cartridges will account for larger groups. It never has before and I don't expect that these results will be any different.

Bob, that copper 80 grain bullet at 4K sounds fun. Let us know what you end up with.