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In the event that I'm too busy right now to set up my bench, and dont see much slowing down anytime soon, how good (or bad) are the Barnes Vortex prerolls.?😁
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Buddy uses 180 grains in his 30-06. Accurate and elk don't like it. I've used them in a 300 win mag but accuracy wasn't fantastic.
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I have used the 150 and 168 in my Tikka T3 308, both shoot very well and kill stuff fine.
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150's in my 308 work/shoot great!! I stock up when SW has them on sale. They shoot as good as anything I reload.
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They work well. I’ve got a hunting buddy that is all he will shoot, regardless did he is hunting bear or caribou. Two weeks ago, my son got a decent caribou using my old .30-06 and 168 gr Barnes TTSX.
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Buddy uses 180 grains in his 30-06. Accurate and elk don't like it. I've used them in a 300 win mag but accuracy wasn't fantastic. I could not get them to shoot worth a flip in my 300 WM or 270 WSM. Now the .308 and .30-06 they shooter great in.
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Buddy uses the 168 TTSX 30-06 from his weatherby.
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I use the them in a variety of calibers and taken 243 the 85 TTX and the 80 TTXS = 1 pronghorn 280 140 TTXS 7-08 120 TTXS 1 5x5 bull and 3x3 blacktail 300 WSM 165 both TXS and TTXS 17 elk, mostly bulls 300 Win 165 TTXS 1 6x6 bull and one 4x3 buck 338 Win 225 TSX 1 bull The 338, an old Ruger tanger, shoots silver dollar size groups, the others around quarter size groups. I think I recovered 1 bullets, a 165 from the 300 WSM Montana that went in the front of the chest and stuck in the back hindquarter.
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I bought a box of 140gr tsx bt for the wife’s 270 wsm they shot under an inch. I also tried some 50gr tsx fb out of both my fast and slow twist 22-250s and they both also shot them well. Although the 22-250 brass had some corrosion on them when I opened the box... nothing a little steel wool didn’t take care of though. I have heard of other people having some issues with qc stuff. There was a thread on here a while ago about it.
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Well, those reports are leaning toward the positive side.
Thank you Gentlemen.
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I used the 85gr 243 load on a spike last year. Shot it quartering away at 100 ish yards. Stevie Wonder could follow the blood trail easily. Worked perfectly.
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Have used them in 30-06, 308, 7-08 and several of those loads shot in the .3-.4 range, most were well under one moa in rifles that liked them.
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Used them for a little while in my 243 (80's), didn't like them. Pretty accurate but the petals sheared off really fast and the rest penciled through on a blacktail. Shot a wolf with them too, center punched it in the chest and never recovered it. Not sure what caliber you are looking for though. Sounds like the larger calibers work a little better. Nosler makes prerolls too.
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The 100TTSX load shoots great in a 25-06 T3 but they are pretty slow. I have heard others say this also but hey, I will give up speed for accuracy in a factory load....
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Well, those reports are leaning toward the positive side.
Thank you Gentlemen.
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I’ve yet to own a rifle they shot well in.(tried in 2 different 30-30’s a 30-06 and a 243) I don’t blame that on the ammo though. If my rifle shot it accurately I’d hunt it with zero worries.
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In the event that I'm too busy right now to set up my bench, and dont see much slowing down anytime soon, how good (or bad) are the Barnes Vortex prerolls.?😁
The 150-grain 308 load is sub 0.5 MOA in my 700 308 at 2,886 fps. Hard not to like that kind of performance. Okie John
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I reload for every rifle I have. I'm one who, when a really good sale occurs will grab some factory ammo. It's a cost effective way of obtaining new brass. Anyway, I came across a small store going-out-of-business sale several years ago and nabbed several boxes of Barnes Vor-TX 280 ammo with 140 grain tipped TSX. I've never been a huge Barnes bullets guy; but, these have been very accurate out of my 280.
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Never have recovered a 168 ttsx from the ot6. I like high break down shots. Shoulder spine shoulder. Have taken several head on below the white patch on neck and out the pelvic girdle shots ( nasty gutting out)
As " unethical" as it might sound. I would take just about anyshot a WT buck presents knowing the bullet will punch thru vitals in a line that I can envision prior to the shot.
I really DGAF about meat damage. That schit is urban legend over rated anyways.
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In .30/06, I found the Barnes 168 grain TTSX to be a superb factory loading. 7/8" three shot groups at 200 yards (Blaser R93) which I could not equal with my handloads. I took that combo to Africa in 2018 and it was a an excellent performer on a cull hunt. It is now my "go to" .30/06 load.
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