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3300fps to fast for Barnes TTSX
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<blockquote data-quote="cabelasken" data-source="post: 2361940" data-attributes="member: 117774"><p>I've taken over 35 animals with the ttsx and tsx bullets and have had two occasions where perfect performance didn't happen. One was a Montana buck taken at 40 yds broadside with a 7MM remington mag 150 gr TTSX bullet. Impact velocity was north of 2900 FPS and a shoulder was broken on the way in and on the way out. Bullet was lodged in the far side hide with no petals. Buck never took a step. Second occurance was stopping a wounded 6x6 bull at 200 yds shooting down a cliff going away. My bullet glanced off the spine in front of the near side ham and rotated 180 and settled in the far side front shoulder. This recovered bullet never expanded at all, but the bull never took another step. All other kills showed perfect expansion as evident by a recovered bullet or a petal shaped hole on the far side hide. I'm not sure if another bullet design would have performed better on these two animals, but seeing the performance of some factory loads in the field, I guess I'll stay with Barnes bullets for now, although I have been experimenting with Hammers and will adventually try one or more on game animals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cabelasken, post: 2361940, member: 117774"] I've taken over 35 animals with the ttsx and tsx bullets and have had two occasions where perfect performance didn't happen. One was a Montana buck taken at 40 yds broadside with a 7MM remington mag 150 gr TTSX bullet. Impact velocity was north of 2900 FPS and a shoulder was broken on the way in and on the way out. Bullet was lodged in the far side hide with no petals. Buck never took a step. Second occurance was stopping a wounded 6x6 bull at 200 yds shooting down a cliff going away. My bullet glanced off the spine in front of the near side ham and rotated 180 and settled in the far side front shoulder. This recovered bullet never expanded at all, but the bull never took another step. All other kills showed perfect expansion as evident by a recovered bullet or a petal shaped hole on the far side hide. I'm not sure if another bullet design would have performed better on these two animals, but seeing the performance of some factory loads in the field, I guess I'll stay with Barnes bullets for now, although I have been experimenting with Hammers and will adventually try one or more on game animals. [/QUOTE]
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