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People have to be crazy to waste $1.00 for a bullet to shoot a big game animal!
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Right now it is that they advertise a new Tipped TSX in .224 but havent put them out yet... Otherwise...they overpenetrate and its hard to get a mushroom for those neat pics to post... Sweet! I don't get to the fire much anymore and first I had heard. Has barnes given a release date?
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Barnes monolithic hollow points have always been called "X" bullets. ......XFB, XBT, XLC, TSX, TTSX......they are all X bullets. I have more of the earlier versions which I have recovered from game animals, but that is only because I have killed more with them. Percentage-wise, I have more of the recent (TSX) types though they number only two or three. It appears to me that the newer bullets do not open as widely as older X types did. Perhaps that solves the petal loss "problem". Perhaps the newer designs also help improve the reliability of the bullet to open, even if to a lesser degree. I don't know. I am still not convinced that monolithics have been developed to the point that they open as well and consistently at lower speeds as bullets constructed from softer, malleable metals such as lead. I do think the extra T is an effort by Barnes, and the singular efforts of Hornady and Nosler, to solve lower speed impact upset issues. They are great bullets within their speed window of effectiveness.
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release date for TTSXs in .22...undetermined...
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Forgive me father, for I have sinned....... Hardly, ...as I Blessed these Gifts, which they were about to receive... (Ordained OnLine )
caint make cake outta [bleep]
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OK....Dat's a "click and save"....
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definitely a wicked cool picture! i stole it too!
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prm,
my 338 Fed's are looking like that with 160 TTSX's. Gonna give them a test next week. Have you tried them in your 338 Fed yet?
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Forgive me father, for I have sinned....... Hardly, ...as I Blessed these Gifts, which they were about to receive... (Ordained OnLine ) OK....Dat's a "click and save".... definitely a wicked cool picture! i stole it too! Zealots!
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Official word from Barnes: Fotis, The velocities that we test the bullets at for minimum vary depending on caliber and weight and the cartridge they were intended for. Thanks, Josh Josh Springer | Consumer Service Barnes Bullets, LLC 38 North Frontage Road, PO Box 620, Mona, UT 84645 Phone 435-856-1111 | Fax 435-856-1040 | joshs barnesbullets.com Freedom Group Family of Companies: Remington | Marlin | Bushmaster Firearms | DPMS / Panther Arms | H&R | Barnes Bullets | Advanced Armament Corp | Mountain Khakis | EOTAC | Dakota Arms | Parker Gun Confidentiality/Proprietary Note: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please reply back to sender advising that you have received the e-mail in error and delete this e-mail from your system.
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Official word from Barnes.... Heres what Josh gave me on the 358 200 TTSX... Todd, The .358cal 200gr TTSX with a muzzle velocity of 2300fps will give you reliable expansion out to about 275yds. Thanks, Josh Josh Springer | Consumer Service Barnes Bullets, LLC 38 North Frontage Road, PO Box 620, Mona, UT 84645 Phone 435-856-1111 | Fax 435-856-1040 | [email protected]im figurin 1700 or so on this one.
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Hey Pat, I stopped a 62 grain TSX last night...the first one I ever fired at a critter.
Ham to head, lost a petal. Can't load pics in the sticks, but I've got some autopsy photos I'll hang later.
your flippant remarks which you so adeptly sling
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Congratulations! They are hard to catch. Thus far, I've recovered two 53's and one .308 120grn. I can hardly imagine what it would take to stop a 100grn .257. Anybody here every recovered one from an animal?
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prm,
my 338 Fed's are looking like that with 160 TTSX's. Gonna give them a test next week. Have you tried them in your 338 Fed yet? Going to try the 185s on a hog this weekend.
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Forgive me father, for I have sinned....... Ha, just messin' around. Turkey's here are a shotgun game. I'll never forget the first time I had one spitting and drumming right in my lap. We can't use rifles here, though there have been some times when I wished we could.
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We can use them here in the fall season. For reasons unknown, we cannot use them in the spring season...hence I have never shot a turkey with a shotgun. I'm thinkin' its for all the Bubba Wannabes that want to ground sluice a bird during mating season, like they see so often on Bubbavision...
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I have a few boxes of .284 120grn I am looking forward to punching leather with.
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I still have a stash of the old 7mm 120gr "X" bullet. I only shoot them in one rilfe. My old rem mtn rifle in 280 loves those bullets moly'd and shoots them very very well. I have enough for a few more years but after that I'll just have to switch to the TTSX.
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Lots of interesting comments. So far I've only loaded up my .257 Robt. and .35 Whelen with the TSX bullets. Accuracy from the .257 runs right at 1.25" which is about all I gotten regarding accuracy from that rifle. It's just adequate although I'm thinking playing with the seating depth might help improve accuracy. Bullet is the 100 gr. TSX over a fairly stiff load of IMR4350. On the .35 Whelen, I use the 225 gr. TSX over a stiff oad of RL15 and the rifles shoots .50 to .75". I shot a cow elk with that load last december and the bullet hit just behind the short ribs on the left side and exited between the neck and right shoulder. I've never seen an animal go down as fast as that elk did. I recently picked up some 20 gr. and 140 gr. TSX bullets to rey in my 7x57 and .280 Rem. I haven't gotten aroud to loading any of those yet. Should be interesting. On the .257, my ex-son in law has a Winchester M70 Feather weight that is the exact twin of mine. After missing a deer we shot at a beer cah stuck in the crotch of a tree. The bullets were dead on and every one punched clean through a 13" pine. The TSX cost me a very nice Mule Deer on that hunt. He was standing with a bunch of does and I knew damn well if I shot him I'd probably take a couple of does as well. I guess I shouldn't blame the bullet as I was using the Whelen and regardless of what bullet I used I'd have taken a couple of does. Just bad luck, that's as as that was the only decent buck I saw on the whole trip. Paul B.
Our forefathers did not politely protest the British.They did not vote them out of office, nor did they impeach the king,march on the capitol or ask permission for their rights. ----------------They just shot them. MOLON LABE
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