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This is my last deer of the season. Live weight was 198# with zero fat, down probably 20 - 30 pounds from October. Montana Rifle Company XWR-SS Nightforce 2.5-10x42 .308 Win 130 Barnes TTSX 3080 MV 47.9 Varget F210 Black Hills brass Photos of the entrance wound are included for a good example of how rapidly the TTSX opens. The TTSX is my favorite bullet for deer and pigs, and all I use anymore. The deer was quartering away. Shot placement was down 1/3 from the top of the back, behind the near side shoulder, out forward of the off side shoulder out the base of the neck. He dropped where he stood. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/119253.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/119256.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/119252.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/119251.jpeg)
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Beautiful buck. Congrats!!!
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Same bullet I went to for my .308 White tail rifle.
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That's a whopper of a buck. Nice job.
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Nice buck! I like Barnes bullets!
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Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
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What a brute of a buck. Congrats....
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What a brute of a buck. Congrats.... No doubt! Looks like textbook bullet performance to me. Congrats.
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Very nice buck!
I'm pretty much using a 308 for all deer now as well. It's a hammer!
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Thank you gentlemen.
Measured him today.
11 1/2” G3 left, 10” on the right.
No scoreable brow tines, which is why I was after him for the last month or so.
147” total.
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That's a great looking deer. The 130ttsx is about perfect for the 308
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Big Bastid! That’s a helluva way to end your season. Fine job man.
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Hot dang - nice buck, Jeff! And scads of penetration. 
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So is that Barnes bullet any good?
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So is that Barnes bullet any good? Has worked well for me for the last few years. 100% DRT’s with the 130 TTSX in .308 Win so far on deer and wild hogs from 25# up to 250#. Of course shot placement matters, thoracic spine or just below it preferably, brain, or high shoulder, but the bullet works very well.
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