Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Who has recovered a Barnes 140 or 150gn 7mm bullet fired from a 7x57 or 7-08?

The point of this thread is to associate the muzzle velocity with the recovered bullet, (if any) so no 280's, A1's, Rem, or bigger rounds please.

If you recovered either bullet weight:
1. What did you shoot?
2. Angle of the shot?
3. Distance to impact point?
4. Barnes version of the bullet?

For the record, I have never recovered these weights in 7mm.

I caught a 140 grain TTSX in a whitetail shot at steep quartering toward angle at less than 50 yards from my 7-08.

Recovered bullet weighed 137.1 grains, metplat was .62x.5, the bullet was expanded all the way down to the base of the hollow erpoint. Two petals were conjoined.

Bullet was recovered in the hip, what I would call the sirloin, entered in the shoulder.

That was in 2017 near Hythe Alberta.

I was very surprised to find the bullet truth be told even despite the steep angle.

I'm thinking about trying the Barnes 145 LRX in my 7-mm Remington Mag. I picked up couple boxes of these bullets to test. I wish I had done this already, so I could convey the information to you.
Take care.

140 TTSX 7-08 2750+- max load of Varget.
Wyoming Antelope
Quartering towards me, 200 yards
Bullet went in second rib traveled through the entire animal and was under hide in the back of the rump roast. The bullet turned and didn't exit the off side ribs for some reason.
Recovered weight 139gr. perfect Barnes mushroom. I have it around here somewhere.

Not a 140 or 150, but have seen a130 TTSX in a 308 at 100 yds shot face on lower neck right near left shoulder went entire body did not exit… bullet must have been in gut somewhere and processor did not find. Have recovered them I wet media at 300 yds full mushroom and practically full weigh. One tough bullet and very accurate.

I have not recovered a Barnes 140 gr., but I have recovered a Hornady 139 gr. GMX, which is a similar projectile, fired from my 7mm-08.

- Whitetail buck
- Front-on shot
- 128 yard distance
- Hornady GMX in factory ammo

The bullet hit at the junction of the top of the brisket and the base of the neck. The deer was directly facing me. The bullet traveled roughly 2/3 the distance of the buck and was recovered from the stomach. The deer went down immediately.

I use Barnes TTSX in my .30-06. I have not recovered one of those, but I have not had a similar shot presentation to the one described above from the 7mm-08.

I like Barnes bullets, but factory Barnes 7mm-08 is only available in 120 gr. My 7mm-08 rifle seems to shoot 139/140 gr. better. If I were a handloader, I would give the Barnes 139 gr. TTSX a try.

Here's a 120 TTSX - weighs 119.8 grains.

Big whitetail (187 dressed)
110 yards and I hit him at the top of the white chest spot - bullet was recovered from his left ham just under the skin.
Load was 43 grains of RL-15 3080 fps in my Kimber 84




The deer

Pugs,

Even though you caught it - it choogled through quite a bit of meat! Can't complain on that. Nice buck sir.

Indeed. I've felt no need to go to the 140 for deer since I've seen performance like that from the 120.

I have no doubt of the performance of the 120. It is just that the 140's shoot better in my rifle in factory ammo. If I were a handloader, I have no doubt that I could work up an accurate load for the 120's.

One thing for sure: both the Barnes TTSX in 150 gr. 30-06 and the Hornady GMX in 139 gr. 7mm-08 have made plenty of venison for me.

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I decided early-mid 80's, more than a lustrum before the Barnes X made its debut, that 140 grains was a pretty good weight for the 7x57 when used on medium game. I learned in the 90's that the Barnes X was more than enough for animals even larger than most deer though obviously would not include potentially dangerous game in that weight range.

I have recovered the 140gn in .270 caliber but not 7mm. I expected the thread to deviate which is usual on the 'fire but so far, only 2 reports for recovered 140's. Thanks for the feedback.

I never have, never from a 7 mag either or a 284.

Great buck & collection of Jorgensens!

I’ve recovered 3 140 TTSX from a 21” barreled 7-08 loaded loaded with varget powder 1-2 grains below book max. I don’t have the data in front of me at the moment but I would guess the velocity at 2700fps or so.

I loaded the ammo for my mom for her plains game hunt in africa a few years back.

Two were from a zebra. One was from a Shot in the neck from I would recall about 150 yards. The zebra dropped instantly at the shot and I did not see where the bullet hit so I had her shoot him again. The second shot was to the shoulder. One of the bullets was found on the ground near the zebra. The other ( to the shoulder) was found during butchering. The shoulder shot expanded quite well in the boringly typical X fashion. The one to the neck didn’t expand much at all. Maybe half way to the “typical” X point where the petals are pretty much flush with the top of the bullet shank.

The third was from a gemsbok from about 100 yards or so. The shot was nearly facing us head on with only a slight angle. She hit him perfectly and that bullet looked beautiful with nearly full expansion with the petals well folded back but still not all the way to the point where flush with the remaining shank.

If I ever talk her into going again I might try 120TTSX but then again I may try a 140-150 partition. Variety is the spice so they say.

I caught a 140 X in a 180 class muley. After first gut shooting the buck from to far away, I fallowed blood till I jumped him and shot him up the pooper going away. Bullit was under the hide on the front of one of his shoulders. Also caught a 140 ttsx in a cow elk quatering away at 325 yards, I found the tip as I was gutting her and the bullet in the hide in front of the away shoulder on that one also. both shot with my .280 starting out at 2850 fps. I've killed a lot of stuff with Barnes and rifle wise those are the only ones I've found. I've found 5 or 6 of there muzzy bullets over the years. Always look like they should.