Your thoughts about 120 grain Barnes ttsx in the 7mm-08 for whitetails and at what velocity?

Yes...its a good thing and drive it as fast as you can get it to go safely.

The 7-08 and 120TTSX is a sweetheart combo. We’ve shot the 110 and 120 version at speeds from 2,600 to 3,150fps. Punches above it’s weight class. Getting right at 3,000 with the 120 in a 20” 700 with H4895 Barnes data.

I'm currently trying this bullet as well in my Tikka. Last weekend, my groups weren't super great using RL15 in the 44.0-45.0 grain range, BUT I was also seating the bullets to magazine length. I've reloaded them again and seated the bullets to 2.800" coal to see if they like a little more jump. Try it out in a few days.

that's exactly what I use in my 7-08.....does it shoot?



Not only will I use it on deer, I'll use it on elk as well.

It works great, very accurate, hammers deer and pigs.

That’s excellent. You should have dialed up a bit and smashed that fly at the top of the pie plate, just for fun.

Might have OVER PENETRATED!

The 120 gr TTSX at about 3100 fps is a killing machine. Try some Big Game powder with magnum primers. Good accuracy, good velocity, and clean burning. NAGW, just a shooter and a hunter.

It's my favorite deer and hog combo. NOTHING has gone more than a few steps.

The facrory Barned Vor-tx ammo shot so well out of my Tikka, i decided not to load. But as stated above, push em fast.... safely.

I push them with a near max load of big game with excellent accuracy at 3175 fps. They do a great job on deer.

I guess I’m old school, but I’ve always held that en elk bullet should start at 139 - 140 gr in a 7mm. Just me....

Yeah, I was kind of the same way--until I watched my wife shoot a huge cow in the heavy bone just above the shoulder joint a couple years ago, the elk standing quartering toward us at around 250 yards. At the shot the cow stumbled maybe 20-25 and keeled over, obviously dead on its feet.

The bullet was a 130-grain TTSX from a .308, started at around 2850 fps (about like most 150-grain .308 factory loads. It smashed through the middle of the bone, and was found under the hide toward the rear of the ribs on the other side.

Because modern all-copper bullets usually retain most, if-not-all, of their weight, you can start with a lighter bullet, which means you can start at a higher velocity, and the higher velocity makes them work even more betterer. That means a 120gn bullet can be plenty for elk, and a 120gn bullet will hammer any kind of deer or pig into the next county without a bunch of unnecessary recoil.

Its win win for those who choose to keep up with evolving bullet technology.

Agreed. I'm running about 3125 fps with mine and I've killed 25 or 30 whitetails with them from powder burn range out to 425 yards. They just kill stuff dead without a lot of meat damage.

I've always felt the light-for-caliber mono bullets performed best and in my 308 the 130TTSX is a real buzz-saw; my bud has a 7mm-08 AI and all he shoots for deer is the 120 TTSX. I'm sure I'm just adding to what most of the others have said.

I know the whitetail deer I shot with it last fall were no match for it! As mentioned, Barnes bullets like speed.

Awesome combo. My son killed 5 deer with the 120 TTSX out of a 7-08.

Amazing. Have never heard of anybody killing 5 deer with another cartridge or bullet.

Dude from up north says to use 180 Hornie, kiss, find pressure,rock on. Hint

Why spoil a mans post with nonsense

Really there are only two bullets for the 7mm-08, the Barnes 120gr Vortex and the 150gr Speer

Its just the way it is

I’ll be sure to throw my 140 grain accubonds and 120 grain ballistic tips in the trash. Thanks for the heads up. 😀😀😀

MD,
No doubt the 130 TTSX works like heavier lead core bullets on game. I have loaded some 150 TTSX in .308W but haven’t used them on game. The M700 ADL has been a safe queen for too many seasons. I’m playing with 139 and 145 gr LRX in my 7x57 right now and will use which ever one shoots best at the highest velocity. I’m hoping the 145 shoots as well in the M70 featherweight as it does in the Savage I recently acquired. Happy Trails

You should

Somehow I'm not inclined to toss away my stash of 139 gr. Interlocks.

Same here....
I’ll burn those up on targets, deer and elk...... then I’ll willingly play the Bullet roulette game 😄

Don’t do that, send them to me and my new Tikka.

I have spoken

You have spoken...

Out your a$$.

150 eldx is skookum.




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The two I mentioned covers the bases on performance, look further if you need to.

MD,
No doubt the 130 TTSX works like heavier lead core bullets on game. I have loaded some 150 TTSX in .308W but haven’t used them on game. The M700 ADL has been a safe queen for too many seasons. I’m playing with 139 and 145 gr LRX in my 7x57 right now and will use which ever one shoots best at the highest velocity. I’m hoping the 145 shoots as well in the M70 featherweight as it does in the Savage I recently acquired. Happy Trails.

The 145 LRX is the top performer in my 7x57 so it should be a great option in the 7/08.

I've heard most of you say the the 120 grain ttsx is a great killer in the .257 Roberts but push as fast as you can.My question is what is the low end of velocity spectrum that will open the bullet properly / Will 27 or 28 hundred do the job?

I don't think they ever made a .257 120 grain TTSX.

So Johnny: Where does one find these 150gr Speer 7mm bullets? They don't seem to be listed on Speer's website.

And are they Hot Cores, Grand Slams, or Boat Tails?

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1001645383/

On those 139's.....I have shot many of them, on paper and game. Almost as accurate as 140 BTs and deadly, perhaps a bit tougher. My fave is the 140 AB, but if your shots can ensure expansion at the distance and shot placement, the 120 Barnes is a great bullet, capable of penetration on the worse of angles and placement if / when needed. It is NOT my first choice for the longest of shots, as expansion could be lacking....

Back to 139s, that was loaded in Remington's original '140 corelokt' ammo back around 1981. Folks may have heard of Sam Fadala......if not mistaken, it was this ammo that his wife accidentally grabbed one day on an elk hunt. Tipped a nice elk over just fine........not a thing wrong with them. I had them in my M70 carbine chamber, on a CO Elk hunt but the Elk that came within about 30 yds of me, was not quite legal in the brow tines.....so I passed. It was his lucky day......a Mule Deer the next day was not so lucky.....

FYI, the current RP 140 Corelokt is a new bullet, I never found great accuracy with it.......so cannot endorse it. YMMV.

Nice shooting, what rifle? Do you load, or is that factory?

I've been curious about the Barnes ammo, anyone know if Quality control or the load has changed, since Remington bought Barnes?

sorry my mistake what I meant to say was 7mm-08. old age plays tricks.