Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 25/06 and barnes tsx and ttsx

i have some 100gr tsx and ttsx that i'm ready to try on deer this fall. anyone have any first hand experience with the barnes bullets in 25/06?

Buy a few cans of RL22, load to your guns max and have some fun

My buddies Abolt zings 100's waaaay to fast. And they kill Bull Moose real nice.

I've killed plenty of critters with both of those bullets. The TTSX opens a bit more violently than the TSX, but both make a mess of the innards, and always exit on deer, regardless of the angle. You'll have a tough time catching one in a deer.

25-06 and max load of H4831sc and 100gr TSX works like a charm

What he said X2!

.25-06, 100 TSX boomed by RE22 here too.... that's the entrance you can see....



Worked pretty well on this coyote too.... (shot it while loading up the deer)...




Nice buck by the way dvd....

Yep, the 100 grainers are fantastic for me behind a max load of RE 19. Kilt deer, antelope, hogs (in TX) and variuos other critters. One of my all time favorites.

~53gr of IMR4350 has turned in some stellar groups from my rifle.

If you really want to see them smoke, push them with R17.

R22, R25, 7828, and 4831 all work great as well.

Tried that, but saw pressure signs before velocity exceeded what I was getting with IMR4350...

Took a couple of mule deer bucks with the 100 gr TSX over H4350 for 3340 fps. One was at very short range and the bullet obviously expanded well. Major damage in the chest cavity and an instant kill. Never was sure that the other TSX on a buck at about 125 yards actually expanded, but it dropped him instantly, so no problem there. He was one dead buck. They were accurate, fast and effective.

I had much better luck with the tipped version. Lost a deer with standard TSX with what I thought was a good hit, but certainly something could have gone wrong. Not much blood though. Ever since I have used the tipped ones, it's pretty much bang flop, or the 25 yard death run.

100gr TSX and Ramshot Magnum in mine.

The most consistent powder charge for 100-grain bullets I've found while shooting several .25-06's is around 52-53 grains of H4350. Theoretically this shouldn't work all that well because it doesn't fill the case all the way up, but often reality beats theory.

This load usually gets around 3300 fps from a 24" barrel, which kills big game neatly. (Hell, 2700 fps works too.) Some powders and handloaders may get another 100 fps, which won't kill them any deader.

I started using H4350 at Johns suggestion when I first got my 25-06AI. Glad I did as load development was very short. For whatever reason this powder percs with all the 100gr bullets I have tried and its worked really well with the 100gr TSX.

I'll have to try that. I've got a Sako in 25-06 that really likes AA3100, but there's no future in that combo.

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How many grains are you loading for your Ackley?

I was able to get 100TTSXs up to 3500fps in a 25" Lilja with 53g of R17(Alliant's listed load with 100g Speer). Cases were fine, pockets held fine, etc, but the MVs were enough to know it was balls to the wall. That's a good deal better than 4350s in that rig. I've seen the same results in 6-06 and 6.5-06 as well, but not so much in some other carts where the 4350s closely match it. I intend to try it in 270Win before long to see how it does there.

I'd sure be all over 7828 in the 25/06. It's long been my go to for it.

Dober

I have to hand it to Barnes, they've made a good bullet. I think the tiped one is probably a better choice because the tip pretty much guarentee's expansion. I have read where some of the origional un-tipped one didn't expand. Would I use them? No. I'm and old guy with old ideas on a fixed income. I have never shot anything but cup and core bullet's at game and have never been let down except one time. Of course you must choose bullet's a bit better my way, but they've only let me down once and that was no more than a poor bullet choice for the game and the cartridge.