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Scroll up to Steelhead's post regarding the 130 Barnes in a 300Sav M99

This particular Savage 99 settled on 2,780 fps with the 130 TTSX. It accounted for my first-ever "3-fer" on the TX hog hunt this Spring:







It's just a beautiful combination of weapon, cartridge, and projectile.


FWIW, I've driven this bullet from three .300 Savages rifles, all with H4895. One of the bolt guns was pushing them at 2,960 fps. That gets one an awful lot of killing capability for a paltry amount of recoil & muzzle blast.


FC

My recent trip to NW Namibia using the 168 gr TSX via a 30-06 FN Supreme has led me and my PH at the time more than pleased.

And that had nothing to do with the OP's post. Another compelling band camp story.

55gr of Varget behind the 130gr TTSX in my 30-06 has exceeded my expectations in accuracy and performance on game. It is my go to bullet for Deer and would have no problem using it for Elk.

What velocity are you getting with that combo?

30-06 with Barnes 130 grain TTSX bullets.I was still hunting in a CRP grass field when a doe and this buck jumped up at about 25 yards and tried to high tail it.
At about 50 yards I had already decided he was a shooter and had the crosshairs on the top of his tail.Pulled the trigger and down he went. Bullet entered his spine at the base of his tail and blew out about eight inches of spine then travel through his body,down his windpipe and out his nose.An almost perfect X scar was the last thing the bullet left in that deer's nose on its way out.

Year before I was able to take a doe and her button buck son with one shot about 40 yards with the same load. Button buck dropped in his tracks and the bullet stopped in the far side of the doe with a center mass hit.She only made it about 100 yards.

I would use these bullets on about anything except big bears.

Right in the kisser. Okay, Just a bit north.
I bet that deer hit the ground real quick.

This is the same load that we use. I've put a lot of deer on the ground with that combo. It is the only thing that I have used from my -06 in over a decade. Never recovered a bullet. Never missed with it. Never lost a deer. Never left wanting for more.

My experience over the years has shown me that the 130TTSX gives a similar performance to the old 180 CoreLokt that I used for years before that.

I will be trying the 110TTSX black tip this fall instead, just for the heck of it and to see if I can get even less recoil with flatter trajectory.

I've been thinking about 130 X for the 308. Just need the Barnes data. Have a neat little Ruger tang safety fullstock to sight in.

It's available online.

You can start at 40 grs of Varget and a chronograph.