Barnes TTSX are amazing

[Alberta Bigbore]

Dropped my bull moose today 295 yards. First shot was a quartering away shot, took his lungs out and exited in front of opposite shoulder and gonzo.

He bucked and ran 10 yards, ran out of gas. Stood there so i decided to chamber another round. This time a little quartering to me. Fell like he had no legs as the shot. Bullet blew apart the bones where the scapula joins, and stopped in the hide opposite side. The petals sheared off but im thinking they did early as seemed 5 wound channels from that shot. One petal exited as there was now 2 holes on that side. Found a third petal on hide as well. But after this picture. They sure hit hard, and mean business. Im a believer. Dont think that second shot would have resulted the same if i had a ELDX in the chamber.

Solid believer in the Barnes after today. Ill jump on that wagon. Only needed the one shot, but there was some bad stuff not 30 yards away , and i would have rather not deal with that lol

[Smokinyotes]

Nice congrats. What cartridge?

[JD848]

Great work AB ,Yes the TTSX is very good .

[eaglemountainman]

Been using the 120 TTSXs in 7-08s since Barnes first dropped them about 16 yrs ago. Up to and including elk. Had them on my moose hunt last month but never had an opportunity on an acceptable bull.

[tikka250]

Cow moose this year. From the time of the shot to dead moose was 15 seconds confirmed with video of the shot. 300 win mag 180 gr bullet at 150 yards. Ttsx are wonderful

[Twisted Canuck]

Congrats on the moose. That bullet seems to get the job done, I've never had anything go bad with it. If I wasn't committed to the Trophy Bonded Tips currently, that's what I'd be using.

Enjoy the tenderloins. TC

[eric2381]

Three more one shot kills this year in our household with Barnes Ttsx. Daughter shot her mule buck with her 25/06, 80gr Ttsx at 3750fps. Buck wobbled 20yds and dropped. I shot my WT buck at 345yds with my 270 Gibbs and 95gr Ttsx at 3984fps. Hit him hard and down in 10yds. Shot my mule buck with my 25-06 Ackley with 80gr Ttsx and he went straight down. I think the kids and me are now at 17 one shot kills in a row with Ttsx. Speed kills!

[Alberta Bigbore]

Originally Posted by Smokinyotes

Nice congrats. What cartridge?

300wby. Sry, been a long day forgot to mention.

[J.B.]

Originally Posted by eric2381

Three more one shot kills this year in our household with Barnes Ttsx. Daughter shot her mule buck with her 25/06, 80gr Ttsx at 3750fps. Buck wobbled 20yds and dropped. I shot my WT buck at 345yds with my 270 Gibbs and 95gr Ttsx at 3984fps. Hit him hard and down in 10yds. Shot my mule buck with my 25-06 Ackley with 80gr Ttsx and he went straight down. I think the kids and me are now at 17 one shot kills in a row with Ttsx. Speed kills!

Thats fast! How often are you noticing the petals tearing off and creating multiple wound channels?

[graybeard]

I used Nosler Partitions in everything I owned, and loved them.

Then the Barnes TTSX came out. That is all I use now; they are amazing, the wound channel is unbelievable.....

I have only seen pictures of a recovered TTSX as I have never personally recovered one in any of the deer or elk I have shot.

I am a TTSX believer.

[TBark]

I have some 150’s loaded up for my 7mm RM.

And I just discovered in the far depths of the ammo locker, a box of 160 gn Barnes XLC’s, the old blue coats, ha.

TBark

[stob]

I have used ttsx to great effect in 6.5 x 55, 30-06, 243 win, 7mm rem and they work great...my thought are could the nosler PT be better cuz it sheds it's front half give or take but maintains a larger frontal core driving forward...just a thought...also, I think it would be better for the ttsx if the design could incorporate the ability to key hole after petals shed...I think a 303 bullet was designed to key hole after impact...just a thought?

[J.B.]

Originally Posted by stob

I have used ttsx to great effect in 6.5 x 55, 30-06, 243 win, 7mm rem and they work great...my thought are could the nosler PT be better cuz it sheds it's front half give or take but maintains a larger frontal core driving forward...just a thought...also, I think it would be better for the ttsx if the design could incorporate the ability to key hole after petals shed...I think a 303 bullet was designed to key hole after impact...just a thought?

I would say your assessment of the partition is correct. A frangible front half creates multiple wound channels, and the heavy base will exit quite reliably.
And if by key holing you mean a tumbling bullet, yes a tumbling bullet has a larger profile than a blunt base, and inflicts more damage. I suspect a fair number of barnes that shed only some of the petals do indeed begin to tumble at some point inside an animal, though I have no proof of that.

[stob]

Yes ... tumbling bullet

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by stob

I have used ttsx to great effect in 6.5 x 55, 30-06, 243 win, 7mm rem and they work great...my thought are could the nosler PT be better cuz it sheds it's front half give or take but maintains a larger frontal core driving forward...just a thought...also, I think it would be better for the ttsx if the design could incorporate the ability to key hole after petals shed...I think a 303 bullet was designed to key hole after impact...just a thought?

Full metal jacket bullets sometimes keyhole upon impact but that i an undesirable characteristic IMO , because they tend to penetrate less and often go in a different direction than the route originally intended.
The TSX and TTSX bullets have performed excellently on kills that I have witnessed ( well over 100 of them).
But then, so have Partition, and many other types of bullets as far as killing efficiency goes.
The key ingredient has always been bullet placement, regardless of the bullet design.
Cat

[eric2381]

Originally Posted by J.B.

Thats fast! How often are you noticing the petals tearing off and creating multiple wound channels?

I’ve noticed it a few times with the 80gr Ttsx 25 cal when shooting a quartering to shot or straight on there’d be a pedal lost under the offside hide. I’ve never found a shank. My WT this year with the 95gr 270 bullet, broadside 345yds. The entrance was a clean hole in, the exit was clearly the shank in the middle and four pedal exits surrounding it, total circumference about 4”. But still small actual exit hole without a bunch of blood shot meat. But we purposely do not shoot for the shoulder and wreck meat.

[58thecat]

Yes they are great bullets!


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[Prairiewolf]

Congratulations! That's about as good as you can hope for out of a bullet looking at the picture.

I switched from 165 grain Nosler Partitions to 130 grain Barnes TTSX in my 308 for my deer hunt this year. I was pleased with the results and will keep that setup into next season.

[cornuteo]

I will also give my vote for the Barnes bullets. 16 years ago I dropped my first Bull Elk with a Nosler Partition but shortly there after was reading articles on lead fragmentation and pepper size pieces x-rayed in meat. I made the switch solely for that reason and have never looked back. 6 more Elk and numerous Deer later ( all under 200 yrds) with only 1 LRX recovered , 7 mm rem mag 145 g . I believe It only lost a grain or 2 when I through it on the scale.
This year was fortunate enough to harvest a beautiful WT at 268 yrds. Buck ran 20 yrds and dropped in field. The Barnes bullets get the job done and as a reloader…. I find them easy to dial in a very accurate load.

[Ray Ray]

I recently switched to TTSX for my 7mm rem mag in 150 grain . 3280 M/V. I was very impressed with it's performance this year at 240ish yards . Pencil hole in took out the heart even though the shot was a tad low. Exit hole over an inch. Minimal loss of meat and Dead Buck. Switched from Sierra Game kings which are great killers but too much wastage inside 200 yards in my experience .

[1dayillgetaram]

I shot an elk with the ttsx a couple weeks ago and it did the typical Barnes thing. Which is Run…. 50 yard chip shot and it ran over 100 yards, stood there for a while. Looked around…. Then finally fell over. It died but it would have died faster with a bow. I have a couple boxes of cutting edge lasers that I want to try. They seem to resolve a lot of the things that the Barnes lack