Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles An interesting 'trick' to get Barnes TSX and TTSX's to shoot well early on.

In fairness,this was bone dry in the snow,MPAJ...as per usual.

Just sayin'.............

4432 FPS I believe...it was quick. Didn't have a chrono back then but I've got an eye for such things.

Bruz

Points for Imagination,as per always................

You are good. I've never figured a way to take a photo of myself while shootin. Course us Southerners are basic folk.....Don't really have the ego to support such creativeness.

Facts is facts and they is often unsettling to them that don't do much..................

I love facts...don't do as much as some but more than most and know what works for me. This Ti didn't so in some of the fancy speak I've heard round here "I tripped it" to someone who could hopefully find some use.

Bruz

Few things more satisfying,than procuring rifles that "don't shoot".

What else are you tripping?....................

Coyote Hunter, thanks for the advice and explanations. I will definitely give your method a shot.

Some of the other things I've done to the rifle is free float the barrel and replaced the trigger with a Timney trigger set at 3 lbs. I was going to replace the scope I have on there now with a Zeiss Conquest 3x9x40, but I may have to wait on that one.

But yeah, I am rather disappointed with the accuracy of this rifle when comparing it to what other people are getting on this website. Who knows, it could be the operator contributing to the problem. We will see, I will keep you posted on my results. Thanks again for your input.

Trippin a Marlin 308MX right now I bought off a friend in need....course it's blue/wood and Micky don't make a Popsicle lookin stock for it.

Robert

Sister just gets prettier every year.

I must have not done something right. My girls would have told me to get [bleep] had I offered to let them wade in an icy stream.

Was hoping the grandkids would be a bit tougher. But, so far, they are fair weather fishermen also.

Though you can not tell from this pic, as she had just awakened from a nap on from the ride home from the lake, the oldest loves to slay crappies.



And we are teaching the little ones what trout are for.



I am too ignorant to run a real camera, so I make do with my P/S Fuji S7000.

Wish I had today, what I invested in this one eight years ago. A guy could buy one heck of a DSLR.

Palerider3 �

You are welcome � hope it works for you as it has for me.

Some folks claim floating the barrel can decrease group size and that makes sense as long as the barrel/stock contact remains constant. What is does do is it eliminates POI changes due to changes in the pressure the stock puts on the barrel because of changes in temperature or humidity or whatever. While zeroing my first centerfire the POI kept moving up and to the left and I kept chasing it with adjustments. Problem turned out to be pressure at the forearm tip changed as the barrel warmed up and heated the wood, which expanded as it warmed up. Floating the barrel fixed that and I�ve floated the barrel on all my bolt guns ever since. I still get MOA or better on most with favored loads, more than adequate for my hunting needs, and I�ll continue to float the bolt guns.

Your disappointment on the Rem M700 doesn�t surprise me. I have a 1978 M700 BDL .308 Win that shoots bugholes and a 2005 M700 .30-06 that does 1-1/4� on a good day. A friend has an M700 .30-06 of the same vintage and it shoots the same as mine � disappointing but good enough for hunting. Doesn�t matter what we feed them, factory or handloads. Can happen with any manufacturer�s rifles, though.

A good trigger helps, as does good and consistent technique. Can�t help you much there as my technique isn�t going to win any competitions.

Is that a Typo? or are you coating your barrel with a new non-caloric silicon-based kitchen lubricant that creats a surface 500 times more slippery than any cooking oil?

You mean MPI...................

Weather weren't balmy today,either and I found icebergs a timber patch along the ocean.




My 1D3 was $5000 a couple years ago and now a guy can snare one for under $2K.

Not a bad Age currently,in which to be procuring DSLR bodies.................

Going back out to the range today. Will let you know how things went.

Okay so the day out at the range went good, found 2 excellent powders for the Rem 700 30-06 with 150 TTSX. Reloder 15 at 51 grains and H4895 b/t 50-51 grains (I could tell any difference in group size). The 2 powders and charges listed above gave me the "cloverleaf" (1/2 inch) and man I was stoked because I thought I had a gun that wouldn't shoot for anything. Also Ordered a Zeiss 3x9x40 scope on Friday. Looking forward to putting that on the 06.

Sounds like a winner. I sure love those barnes,wish they could do something about their .284 BC's.

My 270 Win shoots the Barnes 130gr TSX and my 7mm-08 the 140gr TSX very accurately. Guess what, both loads have the TSX bullet seated to the middle of the first groove. I've never had any luck with TSX's loaded closer to the lands. Thanks for the info.

Ever kiss one?

Imagine that...pun intended...............

Anybody got a picture of a loaded round to see where the TTSX is seated? That would be helpful. thanks.