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JGR: The original Barnes X were terrible foulers...for shure...
the TSXs and TTSXs are a tad different alloy and have a lot less bearing surface. IME....and I shoot a LOT of them....they foul considerably less than standard c-n-c bullets. What the old guy said. 
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JGR: The original Barnes X were terrible foulers...for shure...
the TSXs and TTSXs are a tad different alloy and have a lot less bearing surface. IME....and I shoot a LOT of them....they foul considerably less than standard c-n-c bullets. +1
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No difference in fouling between conventional lead core jacketed bullets and Barnes TSXs and TTSXs.
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JGR: The original Barnes X were terrible foulers...for shure...
the TSXs and TTSXs are a tad different alloy and have a lot less bearing surface. IME....and I shoot a LOT of them....they foul considerably less than standard c-n-c bullets. What the old guy said. Wow! Did you refer to Ingwe as "the old guy"? That's about as insulting as bringing up the dreaded .270 topic, which I sure wouldn't do...  I'm sure Ingwe will want to qualify his above stated experience and testimony to specifically exclude that whole .277 thing...  I'm sure he'd never admit to having fired TSX, TTSX or any other projectiles of that particular diameter...  DF
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All those pics of ingwe with mulie bucks and game in Africa... He is holding a Kimber Montana 270 WSM. But I'm the only one that's supposed to know... Whoops.
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Thanks guys. I'm wanting to try the 120 version in my 7-08. Excellent choice, you are going to like it. What powder(s) are you considering using?
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All those pics of ingwe with mulie bucks and game in Africa... He is holding a Kimber Montana 270 WSM. But I'm the only one that's supposed to know... Whoops. Now, you guys not trying to get the Poobah's bowels in an uproar, are you..? DF
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I shoot them all the time, and they are much better than the old X bullets.
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All those pics of ingwe with mulie bucks and game in Africa... He is holding a Remington 770 270 WSM. But I'm the only one that's supposed to know... Whoops. Now, you guys not trying to get the Poobah's bowels in an uproar, are you..? DF No........ I had to fix that post about his mostest favorite rifle......IN THE WORLD..
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Thanks guys. I'm wanting to try the 120 version in my 7-08. Excellent choice, you are going to like it. What powder(s) are you considering using? Figured I'd start with 43-45 gr of Varget. I like the H Extreme powders.
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I have been using them since they first came out, have had no fouling issues, if you are having a fouling problem it is more likely caused by your barrel.
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TTSX & TSX, IMO, actually foul less than many gilding jacket bullets.
But almost all my rifles that get much work are coated with the Dyna Coat stuff so fouling isn't much of an issue but the Barnes didn't foul any worse than anything else in a given gun before the bore coating.
As for the 7-08 loads with 120's, RL-15 at 44.5 gr. is my normal go-to load but I've also had great success with Varget, RL-19 & H4350 as well, mainly with 140's though.
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