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<blockquote data-quote="Shootin4fun" data-source="post: 977145" data-attributes="member: 28741"><p>Back to Derek's excellent reports...</p><p></p><p>Living in the Rebulik of Kalifornia, we are being forced to shift over to lead free. I have already done that because of the Condor Zones which are already in place for some years now. It certainly limits our choices, but may not be such a bad thing as long as they work on coyotes as well as they did on Derek's wolves. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> The cost is an ouch though. There was a public comments hearing last Monday in Sacramento and I wanted to go and bring the cost issue up but couldn't make it in time; maybe the enviroLefties there will give us rebate vouchers on Barnes or GMX if we argue that "underprivileged" people would be excluded from hunting. LOL.</p><p></p><p>I've been using the 130gr TSX in my 270 and they have worked very well on wild pigs. H3450 & GM210M. They only go out around 2900 but expand nicely at the distances I shot animals with them, just under 200 yards, leaving a quarter sized exit hole no matter what they hit in between, including shoulder bone on 1 pig. The TSX never fails and just seems to drill them DRT! I was thinking of switching to SSTs for deer this season but now I see no reason to take a chance at low penetration, excessive meat damage or any of that. Just drill them with a TSX or TTSX.</p><p></p><p>I'm now developing a 130 TTSX load to insure good expansion on the soft tissue of deer vitals at any range/vel down to 1800fps which is what Barnes says is the minimum expansion vel for these. </p><p></p><p>The question still stands, Derek, why the 110 TTSX vs. the 130? It would seem like you'd get more bloodshot meat damage with the lighter bullet / higher velocity.</p><p></p><p>In the attached pic you can see blood splatter all the way up to his eye and ridge back. I hit him about 1" above his heart and the entry hole was dime size. </p><p></p><p>One farmer I met who shoots an 06 with TTSX said he thinks they almost expand too much! LOL, no such thing if they retain 90% weight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shootin4fun, post: 977145, member: 28741"] Back to Derek's excellent reports... Living in the Rebulik of Kalifornia, we are being forced to shift over to lead free. I have already done that because of the Condor Zones which are already in place for some years now. It certainly limits our choices, but may not be such a bad thing as long as they work on coyotes as well as they did on Derek's wolves. :rolleyes: The cost is an ouch though. There was a public comments hearing last Monday in Sacramento and I wanted to go and bring the cost issue up but couldn't make it in time; maybe the enviroLefties there will give us rebate vouchers on Barnes or GMX if we argue that "underprivileged" people would be excluded from hunting. LOL. I've been using the 130gr TSX in my 270 and they have worked very well on wild pigs. H3450 & GM210M. They only go out around 2900 but expand nicely at the distances I shot animals with them, just under 200 yards, leaving a quarter sized exit hole no matter what they hit in between, including shoulder bone on 1 pig. The TSX never fails and just seems to drill them DRT! I was thinking of switching to SSTs for deer this season but now I see no reason to take a chance at low penetration, excessive meat damage or any of that. Just drill them with a TSX or TTSX. I'm now developing a 130 TTSX load to insure good expansion on the soft tissue of deer vitals at any range/vel down to 1800fps which is what Barnes says is the minimum expansion vel for these. The question still stands, Derek, why the 110 TTSX vs. the 130? It would seem like you'd get more bloodshot meat damage with the lighter bullet / higher velocity. In the attached pic you can see blood splatter all the way up to his eye and ridge back. I hit him about 1" above his heart and the entry hole was dime size. One farmer I met who shoots an 06 with TTSX said he thinks they almost expand too much! LOL, no such thing if they retain 90% weight. [/QUOTE]
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