Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Is the tsx to hard??

Hell, the recovered bullets you have pics of all came from buffalo, wildebeest, hartebeest and grizz. I am terribly short on all those creatures around here.

Most of the whitetails hereabouts would top out at 200 pounds. I doubt they have enough mass to stop one of these pills.

Brad,
My conclusion, after seeking more opinionated advise, was that the bullets tumbled due to a slow twist and the angle of impact.
Under the same circumstance I doubt the plastic pointed TTSX would have opened, either.
BBerg.

Sometimes schit piles up...Had a sick dog I finally had to put down along with check cashing problems with a payroll check, add to that, unforseen bills popping up & a stroked out brother that is now borderline retarded that I have to care for...not a real good combination...throw into the mix an excessive amout of alchohol while trying to dull the senses & "PRESTO" the gladiator appears....I appologized... still no excuse...Back to this thread...I've been hunting deer for about 45 years. Killed em with Corelokts, silvertips, flatnose 25-35 & 25-20, NP's, BT's & Barnes. IMO Barnes is probably THE finest HUNTING bullet ever put into production. Sure I've not killed but a half dozen or so with them but they were all bang flops & bloodshot damage was very minimal...Why??? I have no idea. I've never used Accubonds so I can't really comment on them & IF I'd never used Barnes I wouldn't feel compelled to talk about them either.

MM, sorry to hear about Bear. The only time I can recall a tear in my fathers eye was when he buried our black lab.

I recently had Greg Tannel build me a 300WM. I sent him three dummy rounds of 180 TTSX in a Lapua case to throat. After barrel break-in, I now have four or five 100 yard targets with three and four round groups which can be covered with a dime. I had trouble getting Accubonds and VLD's to shoot as well. I should mention this was the first TTSX load tried.

I shot deer with both TSX's and Accubonds without any horror stories. I don't understand why people get defensive or critical over one or the other. I have boxes of each on my bench and have no problem with either one in my magazine.

I never had any reason to doubt Barnes claim their TSX has match bullet accuracy.