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Barnes LRX/TTSX Success and Failure...
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1164208" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Yeah. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Don't take the tough crowd comments to heart. I think if the petals peal back, then even if some or all of them depart the shank after a solid hit, the bullet still performs acceptably well.</p><p></p><p>I hit a large bull moose at ~625yds with two .338 210gr Barnes TSX boattail bullets back in 1994. [<em>Edit: they may have been named X Bullets back then, rather than TSX - I can't recall.</em>] Was shooting a 338/378 Weatherby with a 30" barrel. The first bullet punched the center of ribs on a broadside shot and was recovered under the hide on the offside ribs. It lost two of its four petals. The second bullet hit one of the hip ball socket/joints as the bull was facing directly away from me. That ball socket looked like bone meal - and I mean it was turned to powder. I was surprised to find that bullet laying against the exterior stomach membrane with all four petals intact. It hit one of the largest sections of bone possible on an adult bull moose with a 62" antler spread and all four petals remain attached? The bullet thru the ribs and lungs loses two of its four petals??? Go figure...</p><p></p><p>I don't think any bullet manufacturer could claim that by design, they intend all four petals to remain attached to the shank of their all copper bullets under all impact scenarios, speeds, and circumstances. If the petals open up, and most normally some survive intact, that's pretty good performance to my way of thinking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1164208, member: 4191"] Yeah. :) Don't take the tough crowd comments to heart. I think if the petals peal back, then even if some or all of them depart the shank after a solid hit, the bullet still performs acceptably well. I hit a large bull moose at ~625yds with two .338 210gr Barnes TSX boattail bullets back in 1994. [[I]Edit: they may have been named X Bullets back then, rather than TSX - I can't recall.[/I]] Was shooting a 338/378 Weatherby with a 30" barrel. The first bullet punched the center of ribs on a broadside shot and was recovered under the hide on the offside ribs. It lost two of its four petals. The second bullet hit one of the hip ball socket/joints as the bull was facing directly away from me. That ball socket looked like bone meal - and I mean it was turned to powder. I was surprised to find that bullet laying against the exterior stomach membrane with all four petals intact. It hit one of the largest sections of bone possible on an adult bull moose with a 62" antler spread and all four petals remain attached? The bullet thru the ribs and lungs loses two of its four petals??? Go figure... I don't think any bullet manufacturer could claim that by design, they intend all four petals to remain attached to the shank of their all copper bullets under all impact scenarios, speeds, and circumstances. If the petals open up, and most normally some survive intact, that's pretty good performance to my way of thinking. [/QUOTE]
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