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Barnes LRX TTSX, which one??
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<blockquote data-quote="500yd" data-source="post: 733015" data-attributes="member: 27428"><p>I certainly did not intend to generate such controversy when I posted the accomplishments of these young women. I am not advocating taking 700 yard shots at elk with a .243 Winchester whether using Berger's VLDs or not. Early in this thread I advised the OP that the Barnes 110 or 130gr TTSX from his 300 WSM would be suitable for both deer and elk to 500 yards. I provided these examples of elk kills by young females with bullets in the same weight class, as a demonstration of this point, one of them taking a nice bull with one of the bullets I recommended, the TTSX 130, with a single shot kill at 300 yds. No, 300 isn't 500. If I had an example at 500 I'd have posted it. But if she'd shot him at 500 I doubt the result would have been any different, as the energy drops from 1900 to 1200 ft-lbs, and anything over 1000 should be sufficient for a single shot kill with proper placement.</p><p></p><p>Given the low BC of the TTSX 110 and 130, I see 500 yds as the maximum effective range of these rounds for elk, as each has just over 1000 ft-lbs at 500. For whitetails where ~500 ft-lbs or less should do the trick, the 110 should be good to ~700 yds and the 130 good to ~900 yds. For whitetails beyond 900 yds you'd need move up to the TTSX 168 for the superior BC of .470, yielding 506 ft-lbs at 1200 yds.</p><p></p><p>So again, I think either the TTSX 110 or 130 would be a round this OP could load up in his 300 WSM and use for both animals to 500 yds. The nice advantage of the 110s is that he can aim dead on with a 275 yd zero and cut +/- 2.5 inches to 325 yds. Which is precisely why I like this bullet for whitetails. Where I hunt they rarely sit still long enough to adjust turrets, and quite often they'll close or extend 100 yds on me after I first spot them. Being able to point and shoot when they stop momentarily is a huge plus. I hunt on and around public land, and the hunting pressure keeps them on the move.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="500yd, post: 733015, member: 27428"] I certainly did not intend to generate such controversy when I posted the accomplishments of these young women. I am not advocating taking 700 yard shots at elk with a .243 Winchester whether using Berger's VLDs or not. Early in this thread I advised the OP that the Barnes 110 or 130gr TTSX from his 300 WSM would be suitable for both deer and elk to 500 yards. I provided these examples of elk kills by young females with bullets in the same weight class, as a demonstration of this point, one of them taking a nice bull with one of the bullets I recommended, the TTSX 130, with a single shot kill at 300 yds. No, 300 isn't 500. If I had an example at 500 I'd have posted it. But if she'd shot him at 500 I doubt the result would have been any different, as the energy drops from 1900 to 1200 ft-lbs, and anything over 1000 should be sufficient for a single shot kill with proper placement. Given the low BC of the TTSX 110 and 130, I see 500 yds as the maximum effective range of these rounds for elk, as each has just over 1000 ft-lbs at 500. For whitetails where ~500 ft-lbs or less should do the trick, the 110 should be good to ~700 yds and the 130 good to ~900 yds. For whitetails beyond 900 yds you'd need move up to the TTSX 168 for the superior BC of .470, yielding 506 ft-lbs at 1200 yds. So again, I think either the TTSX 110 or 130 would be a round this OP could load up in his 300 WSM and use for both animals to 500 yds. The nice advantage of the 110s is that he can aim dead on with a 275 yd zero and cut +/- 2.5 inches to 325 yds. Which is precisely why I like this bullet for whitetails. Where I hunt they rarely sit still long enough to adjust turrets, and quite often they'll close or extend 100 yds on me after I first spot them. Being able to point and shoot when they stop momentarily is a huge plus. I hunt on and around public land, and the hunting pressure keeps them on the move. [/QUOTE]
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