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Barnes TTSX vs. Hornady CX?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sharpshhoter284" data-source="post: 3025351" data-attributes="member: 129025"><p>I knkw it's an old thread but I just got back from a "field test" of the CX. My wife took a red deer hind with a 6.5 creedmoor with 130 CX and I took a axis doe woth a 300 prc with 190 cx. Meat damage was minimal even with the 300. If I was after a whitetail size critter with the 6.5, I think would go with a more traditional bullet that expands a little more and a little faster. However on red deer it performed great. Double lung taking the major vessels at the top of the heart. Good exit. Red deer went maybe 15 yards. 60ish yard shot. </p><p></p><p>Axis does are comparable, size wise, to southern whitetail. Double lung with a 300 prc. Had more angle than I thought and did some damage to the offside shoulder. Considering the size of the cartridge vs the size of the game, I'd say minimal meat damage with good damage to vitals. </p><p></p><p>I'd recommend CX for faster cartridges. I do shoot ttsx in a 338 federal, 7mm mag and 25-06. They seem to have more hydrostatic shock than the cx. As far as accuracy, I haven't played with the cx enough to say yet. They do fine but as far as one is better than the other, I'm not sire</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sharpshhoter284, post: 3025351, member: 129025"] I knkw it's an old thread but I just got back from a "field test" of the CX. My wife took a red deer hind with a 6.5 creedmoor with 130 CX and I took a axis doe woth a 300 prc with 190 cx. Meat damage was minimal even with the 300. If I was after a whitetail size critter with the 6.5, I think would go with a more traditional bullet that expands a little more and a little faster. However on red deer it performed great. Double lung taking the major vessels at the top of the heart. Good exit. Red deer went maybe 15 yards. 60ish yard shot. Axis does are comparable, size wise, to southern whitetail. Double lung with a 300 prc. Had more angle than I thought and did some damage to the offside shoulder. Considering the size of the cartridge vs the size of the game, I'd say minimal meat damage with good damage to vitals. I'd recommend CX for faster cartridges. I do shoot ttsx in a 338 federal, 7mm mag and 25-06. They seem to have more hydrostatic shock than the cx. As far as accuracy, I haven't played with the cx enough to say yet. They do fine but as far as one is better than the other, I'm not sire [/QUOTE]
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