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my pard HUGH from the 'fire was developing a load for my 243 and caught this 80 grain TTSX. here's what it looks like after going through 8" of a walnut log.
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Cool - what does it weigh?
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Did you find a good load for that bullet....been thinking of trying it????
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79.7 grains. got it to shoot 1.25" at 200 yards good enough.
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That would sure knock a whitetail down!!
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Gotta love those TTSX bullets................Hb
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Here's what the same bullet looks like after going through a mule deer at 50 yards. Recovered against the hide on the off side.
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You can make porkchops in Tennessee with that load rockchuker, Gunner
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I have a fairly good pile of bullets in my bullet box that look just like that one. Most relaible game bullet going, IMO.
Time to take that rifle hunting now, eh?
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Who'd a thunk it possible? A bullet that, based on my experience in multiple rifles as well as the experience of others: A) Is affordable, B) Is accurate, C) Seems to expand reliably, D) Holds together for deep penetration, and E) Provides a very high percentage of straight down results? By "accurate", I mean capable of hitting clay pigeons at 600 yards, something I've done with multiple rifles/cartridges and TTSX/MRX bullet weights. I say "seems to expand reliably" because I've never recovered one. By "deep penetration" I mean exits every time I've used or seen one used, including front to back on a mule deer I shot with an MRX. By "very high percentage of straight down results" I mean ~75% (every mule deer and all but two antelope, neither of which went far).
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i use the 120 in my swede and have killed the schit out of stuff with them. this is the first " caught ". got some 120's i dug out of the limestone screenings back stop i shoot into. their not pretty, but i'll post them tonight.
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That one looks just like the two regular 30 calibre 168 gr TSX bullets I've recovered over the years from a Moose and a Zebra.
Excellent bullets.
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