Barnes ammo

[huntnmachine]

Can anyone share there on game experience with Barnes TSX/TTSX ammo.
Thanks

[rf2]

I have limited experience with the bullets on game, but I can provide some info. I've shot one deer with the Barnes .30 calibre 168gr TTSX that I handloaded for my 30-06. The results are described in the following thread:
https://www.oodmag.com/community/sho...21-deer-season

Other than that, I've found the bullets to be very accurate.

[Matt86]

Very accurate, but I just have them for a spare box, incase what I normally shoot animals with I cant find, which be a Nosler partition or accubond load.

[gbk]

My opinion is that those are for heavy boned ,heavy skinned,muscular animals.
Like brown bear,maybe elk.....African larger game(not for dangerous game though)

Everything else-if no bone will be hit,they will zip thru ,leaving small exit hole.Hard to blood trail-easy to lose the wounded game.

Akin (to a great degree)to the discontinued Winchester Fail safe-which failed exactly due of the above concern.
After many game lost in NA due to the bullet toughness ,it became discontinued.

Plus-if you do not have reasonable speed(relative closeness)it will have hard time properly expanding.

Akin to Win Accubond-but there Winchester fixed this with introducing the Accubond Expedition Big Game long range version.

No expert-just my 2 cents

[huntnmachine]

Thanks everyone

[diverduck]

TTSX through the shoulder stops deer dead in their tracks. I get bang flops. I handload though, no experience with their factory ammunition.