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Contemplating loading up some TTSX 110 gr. bullets for my daughter in my Bergara .308. Anyone have any experience with them on whitetails or similar sized game?

Never used the 110 but used to load the 130's slightly reduced for my wife. IMHO you can over drive them and even though monos don't spoil much meat, I don't like to take the chance nor contrary to much popular opinion, is it necessary for expansion. If recoil reduction is the goal, backing off the powder charge a bit accomplishes the same thing with less muzzle blast.

If you are using the 300 blk version, keep it under 2600 fps it should work very well inside of 150 yards or so.

If you are using the blue tip version you can run it much faster, but I would still look for 3k or so for recoil reduction. Kinda like a 243.

Any particular powder you are looking to use?

I’ve never shot the 110ttsx but have shot the 130ttsx out of both a 308 and a14” contender in 30 Herrett. I don’t have my notes with me but I think my 308 load was going about 3300 fps and it is very effective at those speeds. I never killed a deer with them from my contender but the ones I dug out of my berm did expand. I’d guess the 130’s at 2500 fps or so would recoil quite gently but still kill deer very handily. I’d look at one of the 4895’s for powder. Good luck.

About ten or more years ago, I worked up a load for kids for the .308 Win with the 130 TTSX. It is a relatively mild load that has consistently proven to perform well.

Settled on 45.5 Varget with a F210 in Black Hills brass, which is well under max. Obviously, work up a load for your rifle starting below that load.

That is a middle of the range load for that bullet with modest recoil, but consistently excellent terminal results.

Here is a short video where a nephew shot a 200# buck (we actually weigh them on scales) not quite facing him head on, just a bit of an angle. The entrance wound was on the forward edge of the near side shoulder. The bullet was recovered from the inside of the rear offside leg.

https://youtube.com/shorts/mGIhYAWZOP8?feature=share

Go for it! Launch them at 2800-3000 pending on your wife's recoil tolerance and enjoy!

I have no experience with the 110gr TTSX out of a 308 on deer, but it's not something I'd fret. I can't imagine it being an issue, except for the deer!

One thing if you are worried about recoil, following Mule Deer's advice, I've found powder charge weight to have a noticeable impact on recoil. A touch faster powder will often take much less to reach max and often times doesn't give up much in the way of speed. For example, in my 338 Win Mag, 65gr R15 recoils noticeably less than 72gr I4350 with the same bullet. Judging from the loading manuals I'm giving up maybe 100fps, which is worth it to me.

Regarding kids, I've found with my 2 boys that they are more bothered by the noise than the physical recoil. Be sure to have good ear pro!

My family has shot the 130gr .30cal TTSX at speeds around 2900 with good results on deer/hog with similar results from the 120gr 7mm TTSX at speeds from 2700 to 2900. Same goes for the 110gr 7mm version loaded to 3100+.

I'd not be afraid of the 110gr .30cal TTSX, so long as the range is moderate and impact speed is decent.

Not a lot of examples, but I've used the 110 AAC TTSX out of my 308 @ 2,700 - 2,800 on a few deer. It worked fine. Lost all petals at around 2,800 on a big bodied old buck, but still penetrated and killed well. More of a "Contolled Chaos" type bullet at that velocity. On that buck, quartering to me, it entered the junction of the chest and left shoulder and the base stopped in the right side ribs. Buck ran maybe 30 yards and piled up.

Never tried the 110’s, but 130’s work well in 308’s and 300 Savages

130's with TAC in my .308

Ready posted this a couple years back. This gentleman definitely has the empiricals to back-up his assertions.


FC

Black tip 110s and a starting load of 8208xbr should work well.

Bb

I’m sure they would work great.
I’d go with 130s just to get little more oomph behind the bullet. Especially if you have to make a longer shot. The 130 will keep its velocity better