In my experience shooting the Barnes bullets it doesn't come down so much to velocity as much as bullet placement. By placement I mean it seems that they worked best when driven through heavy bone. Instead of shooting for the vitals I would hold directly on the front shoulder. In over 14 different animals I took with them on safari I never saw one that didn't perform as Barnes advertised.
3300fps to fast for Barnes TTSX
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Bret GRAVELINE Graveline
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Do you have the ability to measure what's left of that bullet shank? I'm wondering if the hollow cavity was drilled/punched to shallow
lee31
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You mean like use my calipers/micrometer? Yeah I could. Maybe if I get the ambition to walk back down to my reloading room before I go to bed I will.
Bret GRAVELINE Graveline
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No hurry nor is it a big deal, curiosity is getting to me, I've no doubt about your findings, that bullet should weigh less than 97 grs, you said it wasn't a 115 gr no way to mistake that, its not available in tipped form nor is it a boat tail, I'm wonder what a bullet will like if I start cutting the tip off and how long it will be, like I said I'm just curious.
..and maybe weigh & measure an unused bullet as well - just to confirm original weight & length specs for comparo.
I am running the 100gr tsx at close to 3700fps in a 257 weatherby. I took a shot like you did on a mule doe and bullet entered just behind the ribs and I found the bullet under the skin on the offside shoulder. The bullet had 2 broken pedals but the other 2 still good. The deer ran approximately 20 yards and died. That shout was at about 150 yards or so. A friend used my gun and made pretty much the same shot on a whitetail buck. I found the bullet with all 4 pedals folded back just like in the Barnes advertisement
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Calvin45
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Fascinating! Weird. Maybe those petals actually don't make up any significant amount of the projectile
Rob L.
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Looks like the petals and plastic tip only make up 3.4% of the entire bullet.
Lee31, thanks for posting!
rml30378
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Is it just me , there looks to be 4 pressure grooves cut on the recovered bullet and only 3 on the unfired bullet? Maybe it's just the way the picture looks on my phone. Nice buck though.
lee31
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There's only 3
lee31
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I'll probably give them another try. Most likely it was just a one off bad experience. I know lots of guys love them. And like others have said don't come to a conclusion over one bullet. I actually did buy some 127 LRX's today to try in my 264 win mag and 6.5 PRC. Seems like I'll never be able to find Accubonds in the near future anyways.
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Finally, the mystery starts to unravel. The recovered bullet is not the same as the 100gnTTSX.
The pressure grooves are different. Look at the micrometer pictures, there are definitely 4 grooves in the recovered bullet.
It appears that the OP has recovered a different bullet and possibly a different deer.
This now makes sense because blowing the petals would bring the weight down to about 80 grains, max.
So, back to the drawing board on the whole thread.
The pressure grooves are different. Look at the micrometer pictures, there are definitely 4 grooves in the recovered bullet.
It appears that the OP has recovered a different bullet and possibly a different deer.
This now makes sense because blowing the petals would bring the weight down to about 80 grains, max.
So, back to the drawing board on the whole thread.
