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Killing Phone Books - Bullet Performance by Ian McMurchy
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<blockquote data-quote="Guy M" data-source="post: 249618" data-attributes="member: 8622"><p><img src="http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/GuyMiner/hunting%20photos/equipment/IMG_0505.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Just for the heck of it, here's a 100 grain Barnes TSX slammed into water jugs at 20 yards, with a 3277 fps mv from my .25-06 Remington. </p><p></p><p>The main slug was captured in the 7th water jug and weighed 67 grains. The petals broke off and were found in the 4th water jug. All three pieces together weighed a full 100 grains. I've taken two mule deer bucks with these 100 gr Barnes TSX bullets and in both cases they fully penetrated. Deer were both down and dead instantly too. I think the water jugs did a fair job of predicting that this bullet would offer good penetration as well as expansion, which is exactly what I observed on the two deer I've shot with it. BTW - was unable to recover a bullet from either deer, as both were pass-through shots. </p><p></p><p>Regards, Guy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guy M, post: 249618, member: 8622"] [IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/GuyMiner/hunting%20photos/equipment/IMG_0505.jpg[/IMG] Just for the heck of it, here's a 100 grain Barnes TSX slammed into water jugs at 20 yards, with a 3277 fps mv from my .25-06 Remington. The main slug was captured in the 7th water jug and weighed 67 grains. The petals broke off and were found in the 4th water jug. All three pieces together weighed a full 100 grains. I've taken two mule deer bucks with these 100 gr Barnes TSX bullets and in both cases they fully penetrated. Deer were both down and dead instantly too. I think the water jugs did a fair job of predicting that this bullet would offer good penetration as well as expansion, which is exactly what I observed on the two deer I've shot with it. BTW - was unable to recover a bullet from either deer, as both were pass-through shots. Regards, Guy [/QUOTE]
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