Interesting comments. Not that they need my endorsement but I agree 100%.
I loaded some .308 rounds for a guy last year, for elk hunting. Loaded up both Partitions and TTSXs; the TTSXs shot small groups so he used those. He shot a nice 6-pointer broadside, at under 100 yards, and through the heart.
He came by the other night with his fired brass and asked me to load up some more, but he wanted only Partitions this time. He showed me the TTSX, recovered from under the hide on the off-side. The only way I could tell it had been fired was by the rifling marks. So it neither expanded, nor exited on a broadside elk at under 100 yards, which is one of the main reasons people say they like TSXs (two holes, blood trail, and all that).
Is that "bullet failure" if it's recovered from a dead elk?
Smokepole, If you dont mind me askin', what weight/velocity were those .308 TTSX's you loaded?
I have a decent load for the 160 grain TTSX that meanders along at a tad under 2700fps. There's more steam in the boiler room, but haven't found a good enough load at higher velocities yet.
