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The .270 Win I purchased while I'm waiting for my 6.5SLR to get back went pig hunting. I used Barnes TTSX 110 grainers running about 3,500 feet per second. One pig weighed 212 pounds the other 236 pounds. Without head, hide, guts, and feet one weighed 130 pounds and the other 116 pounds. That comes out at 55%.

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Nice hogs! Congratulations.

I'm interested in the performance of those 110 TTSX. Tell us a little more about your load.
Where did you hit them?
Pass through shots?


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I shot both really close to the shoulder. Both exited. The larger one was about 150 yards away and the other was more like 100 yards. A woman using a 7-08 firing factory load 140's killed a 130 pound pig from the same group. The inside of her's had a broken rib or two, but not nearly as much damage as both the entrance and exit wounds produced by the 110 grain bullets. The load is 2.2 grains below the max load Barnes gave me over the phone. I'm running 63.5 grains of Ramshot Hunter with a WLRM primer. I tried a few different primers. I tried several over all lengths shorter and longer before settling on 3.3". Groups range from 5/16" to 5/8" for three shot groups and 5/8" to 13/16" for five shot groups. The barrel is 24" with a .550 muzzle. I have to re-torque the actions screws to fifty inch/pounds often. Like less than a dozen shots. The groups open up when the actions screws get loose.


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Congrats! That's a pile of pulled pork sammiches laying there smile Beautiful country...
How far did they travel after the shot?

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Big hogs there.


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That is a lot of ham right there. Congrats on the full freezer!


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Thanks, guys.

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Congrats! That's a pile of pulled pork sammiches laying there smile Beautiful country...How far did they travel after the shot?


I've been dying to write about it. Here you go with way more than you asked.

I piled out to see what Danice was going to do. She was pretty excited so I didn’t want to spook any of the pigs until she fired. Bill got out a tri-pod with a “V” on its top and went to a place where Danice could shoot without hitting any hanging debris. I think it’s called a “Bog-Pod” but I didn’t ask. When I saw her setting up on a pig straight out in front of her I quickly went several yards away to the left and sat down when I found a place where I could lean the rifle against a tree and me at the same time to make the 150 yard shot. I got the reticle of the Bushnell 6500 4 ½-30X50 set on 4 1/2X on a big one and waited. Finally she fired. Before the sound of her rifle died I sent a Barnes TTSX 110 grain at about 3,500 feet per second toward the big bore. The pig flopped over in the scope and kicked a few times. Turning to check if she hit her’s I saw it was down also. She was using a 7-08 firing 140 grain bullets. “Can you afford two, Caleb?” I asked. I didn’t know if he needed another for another client tomorrow. “Yea.” I walked over to another place and found another large one. He informed or warned when he saw where I was headed, “That big one is a bacon hog and is not a $550 show special. It is seven hundred bucks.” “Sue told me to get two big ones. I’ll take it.” Starting to get into a sitting position, Bill asked, “Would you like to use this?” and indicated the tri-pod. “Sure. It would be a new experience.”

Pleasantly surprised at how steady it was I got the reticle on the big one to make the 100 yard shot. If I was more on the ball I could have shot it in the neck. It slowly started to amble off. Not wanting to ruin any more meat than absolutely necessary, I waited for it to turn broadside or nearly so. Even the ribs on these brutes are good food. It stopped. Right beside another smaller pig. More waiting. It stepped away from the other pig but was not broadside. More waiting. Finally, as it fed on the lush green grass, it turned to the right enough for me to put another 110 grainer on its way so it would exit at the back of the far shoulder and completely miss the near shoulder. To my surprise at the shot it turned and ran directly away. I really liked the hold and mentally called a dead pig. I noticed it limping on the left front leg as it ran. It piled up about twenty to thirty yards further away. Caleb suggested we start at that one for photos and move to the others. Since the first one wasn’t going anywhere it sounded fine.

As we approached Danice’s pig Bill informed Caleb, “Someone has been poaching your pigs. There is another over there,” pointing at my other pig. “Rich shot right after Danice. That’s his other pig,” Caleb said. “Wow! I didn’t even hear the shot.” Reminded me of when I dropped a knife I was grinding and able to get my foot under it to protect if from damage on the concrete floor. I asked a math man what was the elapse time from slipping from my fingers to hitting my shoe forty-four inches below. He told me it took .4 second for the whole experience. For the shot I didn’t have to move anything except a finger. Maybe that took .3 seconds. What an athlete! smile



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Congrats on the nice hogs!!! I may have to try those 110's in my .270 after I use up my Partitions.

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thats a very big one, wow....looks like you wnt be buying meat for awhile.

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Thanks for the added information. I recently purchased a box of 110ttsx for my Kimber Montana 270 and I believe the barrel measures 560 at the muzzle. From your and other stories it appears they penetrate really well leaving a large wound channel. I think your pig at 236lbs is the heaviest game I've heard of being shot with them.

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Congrats on some nice pigs! Some day I hope to hunt them.

The TTSX (and earlier MRX) have been stellar performers for us, both in terms of accuracy and performance on game. Antelope to elk, we have yet to recover one, regardless of angle. Two have gone through mule deer lengthwise. Straight down, DRT results are not only common, the have been running over 50%. A couple years ago, when it came time to help Daughter #1 choose a load for her .308 Win for her first elk hunt, a 130g TTSX got the nod. With CFE223 she gets 3045fps. Took her antelope with it last year at 368 yards. Still waiting for her first elk and don't see a reason to change.


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Good, that's two less in the world. Last time I went to the deer lease we killed a sow with 14 piglets. They were about 1/3 grown. There was a good chance all would have survived. 9 were females. The females could have their own litters a year from now or sooner.

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