Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting Barnes bullet... are you completely sold?

I am a big believer in Barnes bullets, both TSX and TTSX, for all my big game hunting, from little African antelopes to big African stuff, and most American game in between.

Here is a .375 Ruger, 270 gr. Barnes TSX recovered from a Nilgai bull, taken at a range around 200 yards, animal immediately DRT. Bullet lodged in the hide on the far side of the bull. The problem of judging expansion of these projectiles is that they usually do not stay in the animal, generally penetrating completely. They are accurate in every caliber I use, from .257 to .375, both the TSX and TTSX versions. The last two elk I have killed both fell to Barnes TSX bullets, one a 100 gr. .257 from my Weatherby, the other a 165 gr. from my .300 Wby., both elk at a range of 300 yards. Hard to imagine a better bullet for elk, IMO.