Thanks for all of the replies.
To sum:
Barnes says 1800, but experience says 2,000.
Shoulder shots are better than low behind the shoulder.
Barnes X had problems with expansion and fouling.
TSX and TTSX solved those problems.
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You have it about right, IMO. Although I had wonderful expansion with the original X bullets, thought they would often foul up a barrel pretty quickly. It was the desire to use those bullets at high speeds, and my laziness in not wanting to have to scrub barrels, that inspired me to buy the NECO impact plating Molybdenum Disulfide equipment/materials 30 years ago. I still use it on my uberfast stuff and hugh volume shooting varmint rifles like my 222 and 223.
