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I’ve killed a variety of animals small and large with the Barnes TSX and TTSX in 25-33 caliber. The one thing that I can attest to is that the Barnes don’t create the internal damage that many other bullets do. What Barnes do is penetrate and if you are a shoulder shooter they truly can’t be beat. If you like lung shots behind the shoulder then don’t expect DRT type kills with them. Not to say it can’t happen but IMO a lung shot is not the ideal shot with monos, maybe if you lung shoot em aiming for the opposing shoulder would be a better option. Just my $.02

Thanks for the help. Shot both guns yesterday, actually found some 140gr Barnes TTSX along with the 150gr Barnes. The
140gr out shot the 150gr groups. That was with RL23 in the 7mm mag. Think I,ll load more 160gr Accubonds with Retumbo
and MRP. Also will try RL23 with 160gr bullets. The 7mm was more pleasant to shoot than the light weight 30/06, as
is about 2lb heavier. I,ll see if I can get the Trophy Bear Claw to group? So far they shot about 2" groups. In both guns.

Gun truck I’ve killed moose with 165 TSX in a 30, 175 Trophy Bonded in 7mm as well as several other bullets and all moose died just as easily. Never used Accubonds but can’t see why they wouldn’t work just fine. Don’t sweat the small stuff, moose are easy to kill.

I,m leaning to something in the 160gr range. I,ll just pick the most accurate one. I,ll save the 140,s abd 130,s and 110gr for deer. I,ve had
good luck with Accubonds and Partitions on Elk. Probably us RL23 or Retumbo because of the cold weather in Canada.

That 140 TTSX wrecks moose parts at 7Mag velocities. Use it with confidence!

That said, I agree with ‘Cub. Any of those bullet options will do a great job.

My family used the 180 grain TSX on moose and caribou for several years with good results. Last year I switched to the 168 grain TTSX and it hammered the caribou at around 60 yards. I have several box's of the 175 grain LRX bullets and will probably load them up for the Pre-64 Featherweight 30-06 with a 22" barrel and use the 168 TTSX bullets in my 20" barreled Husqvarna 30-06.

For now the powder is H4350 for the 168 TTSX, but I may look at Hunter for the 175 LRX bullet. I will see what the chrony says.

According to Barnes both bullets will open up at below 1,600 fps, so in the big scheme of things, either bullet should work fine on elk out to 500 yards if they are loaded to their velocity capabilities, but closer is better. I would let the rifle tell me what bullet to shoot.

The 150 grain does not interest me for Alaska and it would not interest me for long pokes at elk, moose or caribou.