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<blockquote data-quote="coyotezapper" data-source="post: 546004" data-attributes="member: 20438"><p>Solids ( like TTSX ) do not obdurate like lead core bullets when contacting the lands. They need to jump so there is not an instant pressure spike. When I first started loading the Barnes X bullet ( the original X ) I thought I knew more than Barnes and I loaded them right on the lands with a recipe I had for a Ballistic Tip and I am lucky that nothing catastrophic happened. The only two I shot collapsed the cases at the shoulder. Why it took two before I realized what was going on I don't know. I pulled all of the bullets and checked the powder weights and then tried this load again jumping with no pressure signs seen. The original X was a little softer so I started using Acculube 10X coating on them and this combo worked so well I have never looked back. I now coat them myself using hBn even though the new TTSX have pressure rings and are a harder copper. These bullets "KILL." I load two bullets for each of my hunting rifles. 1 Berger VLD and 1 TTSX and I jump them both but for different reasons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coyotezapper, post: 546004, member: 20438"] Solids ( like TTSX ) do not obdurate like lead core bullets when contacting the lands. They need to jump so there is not an instant pressure spike. When I first started loading the Barnes X bullet ( the original X ) I thought I knew more than Barnes and I loaded them right on the lands with a recipe I had for a Ballistic Tip and I am lucky that nothing catastrophic happened. The only two I shot collapsed the cases at the shoulder. Why it took two before I realized what was going on I don't know. I pulled all of the bullets and checked the powder weights and then tried this load again jumping with no pressure signs seen. The original X was a little softer so I started using Acculube 10X coating on them and this combo worked so well I have never looked back. I now coat them myself using hBn even though the new TTSX have pressure rings and are a harder copper. These bullets "KILL." I load two bullets for each of my hunting rifles. 1 Berger VLD and 1 TTSX and I jump them both but for different reasons. [/QUOTE]
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