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I use the 250 gr Barnes TSX in my Remington 700 Classic. It worked very well on my Namibian plain games hunt. I recovered several bullets against the off side hide, bullets in oryx and kudu and even one from a duiker that was struck in the south end while running north. Mine were loaded to 2822 fps. My thinking was to reduce recoil with a flatter shooting bullet. Did take Springbuck at a little over 300 yards with a prone shot.
Also, used it on a SE Alaskan black bear which was a through and through. And on both a Montana and a Utah bison hunt. Recovered the Utah bullet; Montana passed through.
But with all that experience, while planning for a buffalo hunt I purchased a box of 300 grain TSX. My African buffalo hunt fell through.
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I wonder what kind of velocity I can get with the 270 lrx in my 378 WBY
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RE: 378 Velocity http://www.barnesbullets.com/files/2018/03/378-WBY-Mag.pdf Not as much as I thought it would be but pretty respectable at over 3,000. The various 250s have performed well for me but especially for Africa I would think the 270s could be better. I might be tempted to use the TSX instead of the LRX on buffalo but I haven't tested either so no basis for that. The LRX would shoot similar to the 30-06 165s and would give some long range advantage.
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I'm running 250gr TTSXs at about 2780fps from a 22" bbl. I've had complete pass chest pass throughs on a brown bear and a moose. They shoot steady clovers from a clean bbl.
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Howdy at the fire. While our experience with TSX are limited to the 300 gr. I can't say enough about them, both on plain game and 2 Cape Buffalo and a Lioness. They are accurate and expand perfectly, I mean perfect. My wife also took a Blesbuck at 317 yards with her .375 H&H. I higher recommend them. Patrick
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I can't say about the 250 or 275 on Cape Buffalo. I did have good success with .375 TTSX 300gr.
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I think it was about 1989 when Randy Brooks joined John Nosler as one of the most influential designers of premium hunting bullets and introduced the Barnes X bullet. If memory serves me correctly he then took the great Thee Seven Five H&H to Africa and tested his 270 grain X bullets on Cape Buffalo. The rest of the story is still being successfully written in the worlds hunting fields.
If I were using a .375 H&H in America I would use the 250 grain TTSX, in Africa I would use the 270 or 300 grain version and expect good results, if I did my part and put the bullet in the right place.
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I think it was about 1989 when Randy Brooks joined John Nosler as one of the most influential designers of premium hunting bullets and introduced the Barnes X bullet. If memory serves me correctly he then took the great Thee Seven Five H&H to Africa and tested his 270 grain X bullets on Cape Buffalo. The rest of the story is still being successfully written in the worlds hunting fields.
If I were using a .375 H&H in America I would use the 250 grain TTSX, in Africa I would use the 270 or 300 grain version and expect good results, if I did my part and put the bullet in the right place. 1Akshooter, Everything you said is true. Also puts the many claims of using Barnes X bullets in the mid 80's in their proper place. I have bedded, prepped rifles and loaded the .375 H&H with 300 grainer's for African Buffalo use and the rifle owners unanimously praised the performance upon their return to Oz. John
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Well Gene Simillion just sent me my new rifle! Gene tried a few bullets for me and the rifle liked the 250 better than the 270 so I'm having some rounds put together by John LaSala.
Will keep you all posted.
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Has anyone verified the BC of the 375 270 gr LRX?
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Three comments.
1. On buffalo I want enough penetration but not too much. The 270 TSX has a record of being just right. You don’t want to make a poor shot on buffalo but shooting through one and hitting a second is even worse.
2. Don’t be obsessed with velocity for your African rifles. It is unusual to shoot beyond 250 yards on anything. On buffalo the shots are pretty close, within 100 yards. Load those 270 TSX to 2650-2720 and go hunting.
3. For NA the 250’s would be great.
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