Originally Posted by 5sdad
Originally Posted by Mule Deer
Blacktailer,

The Barnes site says the TSX, TTSX and LRX are 100% copper, the same as the original X's--not a different alloy.


That addresses my original confusion - how can 100% copper be an alloy?

Their Safety Data Sheet lists the following:
Lead 2-3%
Zinc 35-36%
Copper 61-62%
Don't know if this has changed but the old X bullets looked different, more like copper pipe. The newer bullets look more like gilding metal.

see
section 3
https://www.barnesbullets.com/wp-co...es_Copper_Alloy_Bullets_US_ENG_Final.pdf

Last edited by Blacktailer; 04/03/20.
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