Ep. 352 | Barnes Bullets - All Copper Big Game Stoppers

[@ReloadingWeatherby]

I've had great success handloading Barnes bullets. I loaded my friends 30-06 with the 168 gr TTSX at 2940 FPS and we easily get sub MOA. We use this load for elk hunting. My 300 WBY loves the 175 gr LRX, it's sub half MOA at 3360 FPS. I also have loaded the 101 gr LRX in my 257 WBY at 3814 FPS... talk about laser beam. Recently I've been loading the newer 155 gr LRX in my friends 6.8 Western. So far his gun likes the bullet.

[@cobjread]

That's awesome, thank you for posting the information about your 30-06 load. What powder are you using? I get similar velocity from my 30-06 with the same bullet and IMR-4350. It has made me nervous, because I am using over 2 grains less than Barnes published max charge , but my velocity is exceeding Barnes published max velocity by at least 100 fps. Full disclosure, I'm using a basic Caldwell chronograph, and I am not certain how reliably accurate they are. Hearing you get similar velocity is a nice data point to realize I'm not crazy.

[@ReloadingWeatherby]

@@cobjread I'm using IMR 4064. It's a max load from the Barnes data

[@cobjread]

Ok, good to know. Thank you.

[@lurebenson7722]

@@cobjread You have to a be a green horn at reloading when you don't know to look at the fired primers to tell you about pressure. When you see fired primers showing flat and firing pin indent very defined No smooth rounded edge you know that is where to stop with powder charge.

[@Awesymoto]

⁠@@lurebenson7722as a general rule of thumb sure, but it really depends on your rifle and the load. I had a Howa in .243 that did this, but my 300 PRC absolutely flattens primers well below book max with very low velocity. All factory ammo also flattens the primers in this rifle.

[@markmcg777]

This was a great podcast. Thank you guys. My son when he was 11 shot a nine point with a 223 55 grain TSX at 134 yards. The buck dropped in its tracks. My brothers and I will never forget his quote. I think I had a pretty good day. I set out hoping to shoot a spike and got a big 9 point. I switched to TTSX in his 25-06, and my 308 and 30-06.

[@skippy-ic2bo]

When he mentioned the worker coming out looking blue, it brought me back 20 years ago reloading my .243 with those Lubalox coated Barnes.

[@mikeanthony8292]

I'm also a Barnes fan boy. My 168gr ttsx load in my 308 is nothing short of AMAZING. You talked throughout this podcast about how important it is to understand the envelope each bullet is designed for. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE publish this data on your website! At least publish the min expansion velocity. Keep up the great work!

[@markburt5394]

I can only imagine the amount of fudd lore the folks at barnes have to push back against on a daily basis 😂

[@markmedema5350]

I stumbled across this podcast a couple weeks ago while researching new guns. I’ve listened to, or watched, around a dozen episodes since then. The content is awesome and this is quickly becoming my new favorite podcast.

[@jacklewis3444]

This is legitimately my favorite podcast

[@CrimeVid]

So the short guy is always the check and balance guy ?

[@minmaxwax]

Ryan salting the wound when he's telling Mark that the vacuum might have had a recovery tray :D

[@aaronsanders8558]

I have used Barnes Bullets for roughly 13 years. In a hunting application, they have the best terminal ballistics!

[@neildock3973]

I've been a Barnes X bullet believer since 89 or 90. My favorite were the blue coated 140 gr from a 7 Mag. Currently using 150 gr TTSX. Amazing performance! I keep telling my friends: "Barnes X bullets make your gun bigger!"

[@brianperiso674]

Just went to my local gun shop and purchased two boxes of Barnes. 6.5 creedmoor TTSX and LRX to test in my new Tikka rough tech Ember. Your podcast inspired me. Thank you Gentlemen!!!

[@keithprinn720]

great choices.

[@justinsalzl1517]

I’ve never seen anything in LRX on a shelf. I’ve had to order them all online.

[@REDNECKROOTS]

Great job u bought the most over $$ Tika ever made. Congrats. U got a gripy stock for a extra 900$ 👀

[@dyouden]

⁠@@REDNECKROOTS you forgot the oversized bolt, fluted bolt and barrel and muzzle brake. Plus the grippy stock you mentioned

[@danitaga5591]

The LRX and TTSX are without any doubt in my mind the top 2 hunting bullets available today. I have so much confidence pulling the trigger, not just for terminal performance, but for incredible accuracy. I was lead core only for years, buddy put me on to Barnes when I started reloading and I was blown away first by accuracy, then by performance on game. Cannot recommend any higher.

[@kevinstott1317]

Gregg Sloan is legit the most knowledgeable person around when it comes to ballistics and shooting in general. A lifetime of experience and knowledge and has been with Barnes forever. Hollywood!!!

[@roblund8557]

These guys were great. Excellent as always.

[@derekpetty3383]

I really enjoyed this bullet talk, I was really excited to hear that Barnes was going to be introducing a reduced recoil line, (greater performance at slower velocities) I have 6 grandkids that I want to introduce to hunting, shooting and reloading. I hunt primarily in the north ga mtns. And have very few shot opportunities past 100 yards. Thanks again !

[@jabooee]

The new Barnes boxes and branding are great. They've needed a refresh for a while.

[@EasternMountainHunters]

Amazing podcast and two great companies getting together. Love Barnes bullets and also love Vortex Scopes. Huge fan of the 208 LRX in my 300 PRC

[@chadperry4021]

What velocity are you getting out of it?

[@EasternMountainHunters]

@@chadperry4021 I’m getting 3,050 out of my CA Mesa LR with a 26in barrel

[@chadperry4021]

@@EasternMountainHunters nice I’m slowly building handloading components for me Bergara hmr wilderness with a 26” barrel. It’s just a range toy.

[@EasternMountainHunters]

@@chadperry4021 I’ve been hunting with mine and have taken 3 whitetail so far hope to get a black bear and maybe a couple nice bucks this coming fall.

[@chadperry4021]

@@EasternMountainHunters nice, I’m going to stick with my 30-06 for game I wish there was a 1000 yard range in upstate ny.

[@chadillac95]

You guys make some of the best bullets on the market and after listening to this podcast and how much R&D you guys put into your product is the reason for it. Well worth the extra few bucks for a box

[@msquared9605]

I’m here for some 308 130 grain knowledge. Might pick up some of those factory loads for whitetail this year

[@Accuracy1st]

I can tell you that the 130 TTSX over a full case of TAC in 308 has been a universal load in all seven of my 308s, some factory some full custom rifles. All less than MOA, all over 3200fps. All barrels are 22-24". I've got 5 deer in the freezer from this past season that fell to this combination. For distances 450 yards and under I have no need for anything else. Right now it's tax free week here in Ohio and I've been cleaning off the sales shelves for these and many other Barnes LRX, TSX, TTSX bullets.

[@msquared9605]

@@Accuracy1st how do you think the factory loads in 16” barrel will do? South Georgia hunting so nothing over 200 yards most likely

[@adamament1675]

⁠that’s why I’m here😂 I picked up some ttsx 130 after listen to Ryan talk about his 16 inch tikka gonna try them in my 308 Ruger American in 18” barrel

[@msquared9605]

@@adamament1675 I’m gonna try them in my sig cross. If they work well I’m gonna talk my buddy into them. He has the same gun as you I’m sure, gen 1 predator?

[@Benroe-yz1nz]

@msquared9605 that's my jam. Put a 130 over a healthy dose of varget, go for structure, and it might as well be a lightning bolt from Zeus almighty.

[@Legitonion]

This video made me so happy. I have been sitting on a tikka action that I've been wanting to build into a 300wsm. And the only thing keeping me from buying a 280ai rifle is the lack of factory ammo. ttsx, lrx, and terminal ascent are the only 3 bullets I like to shoot. So excited they are building bullets for specific cartridges and applications!!!

[@lurebenson7722]

If you like the AR 10 do you know you can buy AR 10 uppers in all the WSM and the 300 WSM in AR 10 is the most common made and sold. I build them and sell them. On KZbin you can watch AR 10s in 300 WSM being fired

[@TyScott85]

Great interview guys. I look forward to an in studio podcast going over bullet selection(weight and product line) for cartridge. A lot of guys default to the heaviest grain and they mentioned that, thats isn’t always the greatest choice.

[@doylethorn9251]

Great show guys! I've been hearing the praises of the 280 AI for many years. However, I've had a Browning A Bolt in 280 Remington since 1985. I haven't found anything from Red Stag on down that my 280 Remington couldn't handle. I just don't feel the need to change something that ain't broke.

[@BrianSlayback]

Big fan of Barnes bullets and Vortex Nation! I’ve been waiting for this one! Brian Slayback

[@The_Judge300]

I started to use bullets with the old Barnes X bullets, but I stopped using them for multiple reasons. They fouled the barrels much and some barrels extremely much. They were inconsistent, specially in .30 cal and smaller, with often a VERY small velocity area to work well. Either they opened very little or they broke of petals, even if bones were not hit. Multiple times I experienced one or two petal breaking off early and the bullet angling much inside the animal. So I stopped using them and used other bullets instead for some time. I talked with other hunters that told me that the newer blue ones fixed most of the fouling issues, but the alloy used in the bullet seemed the same where it seemed to be to hard and brittle, and it was the same problem with not opening up well or easily breaking off petals. Now fast forward to the newer Barnes bullets and with the Barnes TSX. I saw that they clearly had changed a lot with these bullets with the groves and a VERY different color that suggested that they had changed the alloy a LOT, so I decided to give them a chance. And after that have I not looked back. Since then have I almost only been using Barnes bullets for all my big game hunting. The only exception is when I use 6.5x55 SE Lapua Mega factory loads in my Tikka M65. I have killed more than 150 big game animals with different kinds of cartridges, using TSX, TTSX and LRX bullets and they have NEVER let me down. Every single one of them have been 1 shot kills. I also know about more than 50 more big game animals killed with handloads with Barnes bullets I have made for other hunters, and they only want to use Barnes bullets now as well. The bullets work extremely well and better than any other bullet I have tried for big game hunting in 40+ years of hunting and 400+ big game animals killed. When other hunters ask my what bullets I recommend them to use for their big game hunting, I always tell them to use Barnes TSX, TTSX or LRX bullets as they will NEVER fail them. Yes, I am a Barnes fanboy too. Not because I care about the brand, but because I care about the quality and the results after I pull the trigger. They are VERY accurate and I am extremely "anal" about the accuracy from my guns. I know it is not always needed, but I just can't stand to own a gun that doesn't shoot minimum 1 moa and most of my guns are 1/2 moa or better guns. A gun not able to shoot 1 moa or better is a dud in my eyes. If I happen to buy a "dud" that doesn't shoot 1 moa or better with multiple loads, I sell it asap. Even my 375 Ruger shoots 1 moa and better with all my loads for it and if it didn't, I would sell that too. They are also extremely consistent in the way they behave when they hit an animal with VERY good killing effect and little meat damage. Before I stared to use Barnes TSX, TTSX and LRX bullets, was I experiencing a lot of inconsistency in bullet behavior, effect of the hit and meat damage. There were two exceptions and that was Swift A-Frame, but the bc on them is terrible and can be difficult to get good accuracy with at times, and the Hirtenberger ABC, but they cost about a kidney per bullet. One thing that was said here on this podcast that also was very true, is that these Barnes bullets make your cartridge punch well above it's weight. Both when it comes to bullet weight, caliber and speed. You can take a cartridge that many thought and still think is marginal and even to small/weak for an animal and use ammo with Barnes bullets and suddenly you can be totally confident that you will kill that animal quickly and ethically as long as you do your job when pulling the trigger.

[@keithjordan4489]

I bought a Hot Tamale .257 that shoots Barnes ttsx years ago and Mr. Ferguson told me that he didn’t shoot or load anything but Barnes and nothing else would hold up at 4,000 fps. I shot everything from Eland to coyotes and everything in between and nothing went over 10 feet and I’ve never had to shoot anything but once with it. I always go back to Barnes in every other gun. I am a Barnes fan for life!

[@Benroe-yz1nz]

Been singing the praises ever since I took my first whitetail with a "light for caliber" ttsx.

[@lylewalters909]

I just loaded the 130gr ttsx for my Rrm 600 moghawk in 308 for deer season in northern Michigan. I'm also loading the 95gr lrx in the 6mm arc, and I can't wait see how the 6mm arc performs.

[@jimlerum]

Great channel.

[@madwe2269]

I'm very glad that barnes paved the way for the commercial success of copper bullets. I'm definitely not done killing game with barnes bullets, but man some of the smaller companies like Lehigh defense, hawk bullets, McGuire, and up until George's passing Badlands precision are making really awesome bullets

[@tmcmurr1]

I had previously avoided Barnes bullets because of what I had heard other, more experienced, deer-hunters here in the UK say about them. Basically they were accused of being "too tough for British deer, they just pencil through and all you get is runners and lost deer. Good for African plains game but not our deer". One friend of mine still avoids copper bullets to this day because of that line of thinking. BUT A few good friends tried TTSX & LRX bullets in various cartridges from .243Winchester through 6.5x55 to 308w/30-06sprg and up to 7mmRM & 300WM. They all raved about them! Based on that I got hold of 127grain LRX for my 6.5PRC and all I can say is WOW! Accuracy is great and performance is perfect, even on our smallest species like Muntjac & Chinese Water Deer. Great bullets and, even though it's irrelevant, absolutely beautiful bullets too. I'm going to give TSX & TTSX a try in my 375H&H magnum, I reckon it'll be perfect for Eastern European Wild Boar - and bigger :) Thanks and another great podcast from the Vortex team.

[@lurebenson7722]

I will tell you how to tell someone is a liar about Barns bullets. How many is us professional guided use nonexpanding FMJ bullets including by self on Alaskan brown bear and Yukon Moose with not one animal lost so debunk that lie of bullets penciling through animals and won't kill the animal. Next the large holes in game is caused by lead core bullets either exploding or near blowing up on traveling through game and as small as Roe Buck are a lead core bullet will blast a massive hole in those little deer but a copper expanding bullets stays together on a controlled expansion so holes in and out are small.

[@danemortensen3099]

That Mike Painter sure seems like one sharp cookie!

[@bentaylor216]

Had great success with 180g Barnes in a 300wm on African plains game. Always consistent expansion. Had a frontal shot on a blue wildebeest. Dug the bullet out of its back end. Put it on my powder scales when I got home. Still weighed 178g.

[@dinoquintana4319]

Totally off subject .i finally realized why i like ryan so much.hes a total badass and he is very humble.wala my alltime hero is Ross Seyfried.world champion pistol shot.dangerous african game hunter and guide.north american guide and rancher.enterprenaur and world class writer and editor.hamilton bowen would not be where he is without ryans reviews and use of his firearms.ryan has not done as much but he is still pretty young.im expecting great things from you ryan .you are the man

[@estebanespinoza7170]

FIANLLY a Barnes Podcast! Much like Ryan, I always love converting people over to The Copper Cult! @VortexNation, I was wondering if y’all could go over the concept and perhaps even geo ballistic testing of minimal terminal velocity needed for proper expansion between the TTSX and LRX series of bullets or with copper/monolithic bullets in general. It’s my understanding that the LRX line is better suited to expand at lower velocity thus making it more ideal for longer range shooting or using shorter barrels (decreased muzzle velocity). As always, I LOVE you guys and all the great work you do. My wife and bank account hate it when I head to bass pros because I’m always finding an excuse to buy another Razor LHT 🙈

[@retrogunroom]

Going to be running 150 gr barnes tsx in a 7 mag on a sheep hunt in a couple weeks. Got them screaming at 3000 fps and .75 moa!

[@Savoy_6]

How did the hunt work out?

[@andrewmcmullen1388]

Vortex ttsx ammo out of my old 760 30-06 is nothing short of amazing. Stupid accurate

[@jfess1911]

Although Ryan briefly mentioned it, the lower density of copper makes copper/copper-alloy bullets of a given weight physically larger than a. normal cup and core. A copper monolithic bullet is physically the size of a cup and core that is 20-25% heavier. That 130 grain barnes bullet, like Ryan said, is larger than a 150 grain cup and core. It is closer to a 160grain cup and core.

[@lurebenson7722]

Since 1978 I have as one job been a professional hunting guide working the Pacific NW and Alaska. Since the days of the Barns X bullet, I have only used Barns bullets for taking of game and I require the client to bring Barns ammo or reloads with Barns bullets so not to have animals wounded by crap lead core bullets. The Barns Blue X bullets I still have in 8 mm 200 grain are loaded into the 8mm -378 Weatherby magnum and leaving a 30-inch Douglas barrel @ 3800 FPS this load hammers all game dead on the spot. I load for my rifles in 300 Wby - 7 mm Rem mag - 338 win mag - 6mm - 284 win - 9.3x62 Mauser all of these rifles when game hunting all shoot the Barns X - TSX - TTSX - LRX bullets.

[@davidbeck6629]

I lived at a big game guiding lodge in WY for a summer a couple years ago. Asked the owner if there were any bullets he recommended... He said they've had success with a veriety of bullets but I should do what I can to always avoid Barnes bullets. Always hesitated to pick them since then but all Ryan's data is making me potentially reconsider!

[@gerardcorreale7760]

this is exactally why i ordered barns ttsx for my 300wm and for my 300 wsm😊

[@facelesshunter2918]

I worked up reloads for my cva scout 45-70 using the ttsx .458 socom bullets. Wow. Wow. Wow.

[@missedahit]

I wanna hear Ryan talk more about this 7saw!!!!

[@brandongriffin1990]

You should tell them to make a 6mm 110gr tac tx for the 6mm arc, like they did the 115gr for the 6.5 Grendel.

[@Boostoverdisplacemnt]

I love your Cartridge Talk episodes. Can we get one about the .577 Trex?

[@ronniehallmark1278]

I’m loading 3 308’s with 130 grain TTSX over Ramshot TAC at around 3200 fps. No pressure signs and still slightly less than Barnes published max. Consistent under an inch groups at 100. No on game experience yet but that soon will change and have no doubt performance will be more that satisfactory

[@ronlowney4700]

😁 I Am Glad To Hear More Companies Will Be Manufacturing For The 280 AI, As That Will Be My Next Rifle/ Cartridge Purchase! 🤑

[@gordonmarshall4900]

This really makes me want to reload, just to see what I can make bullet do. BTW I just had to laugh that you guys are giving hoodies away during the summer.

[@joshuahedum9563]

150 grain TTSX in my Tikka T3X 7Rem Mag groups less than 1” at a hundred with H4831. Hits an 8”steel plate at 500 yards consistently. Comfortable with the terminal performance at the range. Not sure what else you could want… maybe a bullet the same cost as an ELD-X but let’s not get too picky. Ha ha ha

[@Jesco2841]

Can you guys talk about shot placement on game? I've heard some people say bread basket, and others go for the shoulder. What factors contribute to making that decision in the field?

[@806Guns]

7mm saw is a beast!

[@BrandonKilby-r2z]

We don't get to pick the distance our game shows itself. The 127lrx is the only bullet ive found that works from 50yd to 500yds. My 264 win mag just pushes cup and core bullets too fast to depend on them at closer ranges.

[@foonus406]

Very interesting about the 280 having a specific bullet @152gr. I've been trying to get the 168gr LRX loaded up in 7PRC and haven't been getting best accuracy - they need a long jump and are set way back of the lands. 145in the 7PRC seems light so that 152 option in the middle would be great but - where does that leave us as handloaders if it will only be released in boxed ammo and not available as a component? Bought my 7PRC specifically for the Barnes solids and as a handloader knowing i can't get the optimal bullet weight to handload for it kinda sucks.

[@AussieInCA11]

Hornady 160gr cx might work? I'm about to start loading the 168s for my new 7prc. Hoping it'll work in my rifle 🤞. I'll be loading up the hornady 160gr cx and barnes 145 lrx as well just to have options and see what it likes.

[@foonus406]

@AussieInCA11 it should work, all of the custom box loads online so far are using the 168lrx, but then they also use rl26 or h1000 and if you've got those you're set for pretty much every type of bullet in the 7prc chambering. After digging lrx and cx out of the berm I much perfer the performance out of the lrx at that speed range.

[@AussieInCA11]

@@foonus406 have you seen this reloading series? He goes through some powder options for 7prc ( and 280ai, 7rem mag, 28 nosler etc). It's one of the better series I've seen kzbin.info/www/bejne/rme6Yp6JpZlgracsi=nEBART71PAsQYrzX

[@philiptrump8472]

Should have brought up why they switched to Sig brass. I still love Barnes

[@makennondoran1608]

Hey y’all! You and the Barnes fellas have given me a lot to think about for this upcoming deer season. I run 143gr ELDX out of my Bergara 6.5 Creed for regular season affairs. For alternative season here in MO, I’m running a 12.5” Grendel AR pistol. This, is where I’ve come to my crossroads. Ryan, everything I’ve heard from you the last few years of listening to the podcast says a Hornady or Barnes offering should do the trick. I’m trying to decide between the Barnes TTSX 115gr and Hornady 123gr SST for said gun. I haven’t ran either, but from data gathered from the wonderful folks online, I should be expecting around 2200-2300 fps in that setup. That said, for shots from 0-300 yards, which would you prefer?

[@Myotis05]

10 minute Pod cast suggestion: why choose one bullet weight over another within same caliber (e.g. .308). Is there a different decision with monolithic vs traditional lead based?

[@JohnSanders-p7o]

130 barnes Vs 178 cupncore...? Gel test!!? I wanna see doplar readings on the bullet speed compared AFTER it hits the gel? The decending energy reading.... No speed or energy readings means anything at a certain distance.. The ratio and no I m not talkn just b.c. It would be a contiously changing number.... Maybe there s always such thing

[@The_Judge300]

When it comes to the Barnes bullets, will you in general experience close to 100% weight retention unless you hit the animal at a high to very high velocity. It will be a difference between the TSX, TTSX and the LRX for what velocity you might experience less than 95-100% weight retention. Because of this, do you not need to have as high starting bullet weight with these bullets as you need with a traditional cup and core lead bullet as that will have much lower weight retention. Very typically around 55-65% unless it blows apart. So you can very often experience to have heavier end result from a 130 grain TTSX .308 bullet than you will get from a typical cup and core 180 grain bullet. I have used this 130 grain TTSX bullet in 308 Win on deer and even moose with great effect and it is in my experience a MUCH better bullet for moose than any 180 grain cup and core bullet unless it is a premium bonded bullet, like a Swift A-Frame. So, in general can you go lighter to much lighter with a Barnes bullet and still achieve the same or better bc and bullet retention than you will get with a cup and core bullet. As an example with a 308 Win do I not see any point in using a heavier Barnes bullet than a 130 grain TTSX on deer, but you might want to use a 168 grain TTSX on an expensive trophy moose hunt to be more sure of penetrating deep enough on less than ideal angle shots. I only use Barnes bullets now and how I choose what bullets I use, depends on what ranges I expect to be the max range for that cartridge and my hunting and what bullet speed I will have at that range. If I expect the impact speed to be rather low at that range, I always choose an LRX bullet as it opens better at lower speeds. For most of my hunting and cartridges am I using TTSX bullets as they have a decent/good bc and opens up well at the most common impact speeds for most cartridges and types of hunting. I am only using the TSX bullets in more special cases where I expect the impact speed to be high to very high and/or it is VERY important for me that it most likely will not lose it's petals, even if the TSX bullets in general are great bullets for all cartridges and hunting out to 250 yards. The only TSX bullets I am using now, is in my 375 Ruger for Cape Buffalos. One mistake many make when they start to load with Barnes bullets, is that they choose to use the same weight as they are used to with cup and core bullets and even at times go heavier because they are jumping on the bandwagon of very high bc bullets and they forget to check if their barrel twist will stabilize the bullet well. Since copper is so much lighter than lead, will a 180 grain Barnes bullet be longer to much longer than a 180 grain cup and core bullet and that might result in the Barnes bullet being to long for the barrel twist their gun has. As far as I know do Barnes list the needed barrel twist for all the bullets that might be marginal for caliber when it comes to twist rates.

[@Hollywood41642]

130gr ttsx in my 308 cal 16.25'' barrel @2,932 with 41.5grs of imr4198. Same bullet out of my 300rum with 103grs of RL25 @ 3,816 fps ..

[@billysilva6388]

Love barnes bullets, but I just can't find them. Love the long range ones.

[@fusionstar916]

The Barnes ttsx polymer tip bugs me, it's off center. I don't know if it affects accuracy much but it's consistently off center.

[@mike2517h]

my Nosler 48 280 A I loves the new 152 gr lrx 3 shots .30 groups

[@kemosabe53219]

I'm more of a "Mark", wish I had a "Ryan" for direction. I've watched this 3x, find something new each time. Looking forward to using TTSX 130gr .308 this fall.

[@Tenforward1]

150gr MRX in a 270 Win. Good for bears, elk and those steel critters.

[@PastorinoFarms]

Please do a podcast on the 7MM SAW!

[@shanesalas2505]

What would be the best load for Barnes TTSX 165g in 308 WIN? Would like to get a solid .5 grouping. Any assistance would be appreciated. Great POD! Keep up the good work/information.

[@Lambert-hr7sm]

The 130grain ttsx group best in my 308 but your results may vary.

[@cys804]

I shot a black bear with my 338 Edge and a 250gr LRX last year at 300 yards. Impact velocity was about 2500fps. Would cavity was quite devastating. Bear didn’t even twitch

[@shanerhodes925]

The only time I used a Barnes was a 165tsx in 3006and the bear I shot how I found it was luck at best. I stepped on it in the dark in a corn field. On my way out and said I missed. Then when I gutted it was a 30cal hole through heart lungs and liver. I hit every vital organ that animal had. So a fmj would have done the same thing I think. Since I have been told the bullet was to heavy and the tipped version is a much better bullet but I am having a hard time getting that out of my head.

[@shawnhalloran3672]

I load the 120 tac/tx in my 300 Weatherby moving at 3793 for whitetail. I couldn’t ask for a better bullet

[@joestickel4505]

Barnes, if you're listening, 168 lrx in .270 please.

[@adamwiggins5777]

6.8 western please!

[@OutdoorBoys.308]

I concur

[@rockchalk06]

Could someone explain why I just bought 300 127 LRX's and 2 pounds of StaBALL 6.5? Great podcast folks. Thanks

[@jordanreid29]

Hey Barnes factory load a 130g 308 optimized for a 16” barrel.

[@joshuacharron1447]

I've been told a tsx or ttsx penetrates like a lead core about 30% larger?

[@HB-kp6rl]

Guess i should get a few boxes of 150gr tsx for my 308 rifles and see how they group

[@Tenforward1]

The reason people think the bullet didn't expand is because the skin stretched when the bullet went out the other side.

[@sethmatherne7012]

I know this will probably get some hate, but I am only using it on white tails. Any experience or recommendations with a 6.5CM?

[@kinglolotheIII8512]

I have tried the Barnes 120 grain TTSX driven to 3168 fps in my 6.5x55. This would be my recommendation for the 6.5 Creedmore over anything heavier,, as these projectiles perform best at high velocities.

[@keithprinn720]

Sounds like Barnes dont build just what the media and shooters ask for or demand. they build what is necessary and required. but the 156 grain 6.5 bullet in a long barrel PRC sounds an elk round to me. so carry the 127 grain Barnes LRX and a Berger bullet 156 grain round in both loads with you, maybe one mag preloaded in separate mags. so much science, engineering and manufacturing processes more than a simple lead tip.

[@chadillac95]

What's the difference between a standard LRX and the 212 bore-rider?

[@worthb1592]

I would love to see the reduced recoil .243 80 grain TTSX available as a component for 6mm ARC hand loads .

[@robinsok]

Maybe I'm not understanding you, but do you mean the 80 grain TTSX as a component? Because it is available.

[@worthb1592]

@@robinsok In the video they actuall state that the reduced recoil .243 80 grain TTSX projectile is different and not available to the public.

[@robinsok]

@@worthb1592 OK gotcha, I missed that part. I just knew I have two boxes of 80 grain 6mm TTSX on the shelf.

[@diggernash1]

80 grain projectiles, with a moderate powder charge is a surprisingly light recoiling rifle. If the rifle happens to be threaded, a decent brake will turn it into a complete pussycat...loud, but near .223 levels of recoil.

[@Leopard_8119]

Can someone tell me who makes the Vor-TX round/cartridge? Is it made by Barnes? I could not find affermative information online

[@Leopard_8119]

No one?? :)

[@Chabrinklo6.5]

Yeah Barnes makes the ammo

[@Leopard_8119]

@@Chabrinklo6.5 Thanks

[@michaeltaylor7996]

Once Barnes sells their ammo they don’t care what happens

[@RichardCrust]

Barnes bullets are accurate. However, in my experience, bonded or cup and core are FAR more lethal and reliable. Multiple animals at multiple yardages from 50-600 with a .300 win mag pencil holed leaving long tracking jobs and 3-5 rounds for each animal to dispatch them. Went back to accubonds and problem gone. Will never use them again. Not to mention they would foul the rifle every 9-10 rounds.

[@The_Judge300]

You are clearly talking about the old Barnes X bullets, because this is NOT the reality when it comes to the Barnes bullets today. Now they do NOT foul the barrels quickly at all. And I promise you that these bullets do NOT pencil hole through an animal when using a 300 Win Mag out to 600 yards. Specially not when using an LRX bullet. I used the old Barnes X bullets, and they fouled the barrels like crazy and their expansion could be very erratic. At times they lost all petals and other times they hardly expanded. So, I stopped using them. But when the Barnes TSX bullet came, I started to use Barnes bullets again in all sorts of cartridges from 223 Rem to 375 Ruger and I have killed more than 150 big game animals with Barnes bullets and every single one of them have been 1 shot kills. These bullets kill VERY well with less to much less meat damage than almost all lead core bullets. Only lead core bullet I have experienced the same type of meat damage from is the Swift A-Frame.

[@RichardCrust]

@@The_Judge300 No. Barnes TSX, multiple boxes and lot numbers. All pencil holes. All with fouling issues in two separate rifles both chambered in 300. win. The only reliable expansion I had was from a shot taken by my brother in law hitting a white tail in the neck at 300 yards. Other than that the lethality was very, very poor. But again, that's just my experience. I shot bonded prior too, and after trying the Barnes and the performance for shots in the boiler room is night and day better in that load, in my two rifles.

[@kennethmyers613]

Does anyone have experience with the 7mm-08 TTSX 120 grain on whitetails? I have some and they shoot well, but I have never used them on game.

[@cobjread]

That is one of my loads in my 7mm-08. We've had the gun for 3 hunting seasons, and it killed a small mule deer that my son shot. If I remember right, it was about 150 yds, down hill, in a stiff wind. He hit the deer in the throat and dropped it where it was. Not a big data set, but I do like the load. I'm also testing 140gr partitions for elk and am curious about the LRX.

[@christopherquinn7858]

Hear me out…any chance of getting that 212 in a sabot for a muzzleloader?

[@mr.mr.3301]

Really if you hunt long range go with something like an eldx. If you hunt close range copper, bonded and even tough non tipped cup and core. If you want the best of both go bonded. Terminal assent, accubond, fusion etc.

[@The_Judge300]

What do you call long range and with what sort of cartridge? Do you talk about a 308 Win at 700 yards or are you talking about a 7mm Rem Mag at 700 yards? Or are you talking about a 300 PRC at 1000 yards? Yes, a Barnes bullet in a 308 Win at 700 yards would be a bad choice, but a Barnes LRX bullet in a 7mm Rem Mag at 700 yards works extremely well. And a Barnes bullet in 300 PRC at 1000 yards would most likely be a bad choice. Some would consider 400 yards long range and a Barnes LRX in 6.5 Creedmoor works very well for that.

[@richardlane2687]

How do Y'all think the 212gr. they talked about would do in a 30-06?

[@chadperry4021]

Poorly, the recommended twist rate is 1:8 and it’s meant to pushed by the top of the 30 cal baddies like the 300 prc, 300 weatherby and custom 300 win mags. Don’t get me wrong the 30-06 is a great cartridge, but this bullet is made to operate past its capabilities.

[@bekkerbosbeer3453]

Great , 1 in 10 twist, it should perform great!!

[@chadperry4021]

@@bekkerbosbeer3453 Barnes own website recommends a 1:8 twist for the 212 bore rider.

[@chadperry4021]

@@bekkerbosbeer3453 their website specifies 1:8 twist.

[@dantep5570]

I found 168gr ttsx very acurate however the only deer ive lost was last year on a lung shot on a white tail at 150m. Im sure it was a bullet failure because i shot a doe later that week at 100m in the chest (frontal shot). It penciled throuh the vitals changing direction to the left shoulder and then changed direction again penciled through the guts and landed on the right hip joint. The deer dropped and then got up and ran 200m, the internal damage was equivalent to a field point on an arrow. The nose of the bullet was gone with 1 small pedal still retained and the rest gone. Complete failure. Ill never hunt with them again. The concept of saving meat and full penetration is stupid if the animal doesnt die. Id take jacket/core seperation over that if it means a quick clean kill. Also idk why everyone is obsessed with penetration these days, most of the sst's ive shot moose, elk and large mule deer with either landed on the off side hide or fully penetrate after exploding in vitals.

[@MichealJACKSON-ly6cd]

Kool Barns

[@Americanstruggle]

I'm here solely for 308, and 6.5 grendel. What do you have for me?

[@diggernash1]

130 TTSX for all but the biggest NA game in .308; I'm using Varget, lightly compressed. 115 tac-tx in the Grendel has but two deer down deer down for my daughter. Load work up was easy in both of them. Note that the Grendel is a bolt gun that I am pushing hard with RL 15. I don't have a load worked up for the AR platform with it.

[@Alexanderockport]

Where's this "bullet myths busted" cherry tomato clip?

[@chipsterb4946]

Any company where 16 years is still a bit “new” has to be special. “I run the ballistics lab and new product development.” Well OK then. He is the guy I want to hear from…

[@tbo2307]

A copper projektile is not «light for caliber» its apropriate for copper bullets.

[@hantusmostert]

7prc try the S20 rifle

[@Wickedtrucker75]

65 PRC?

[@mine12389]

AMG LVPO?

[@angusmotorsports4715]

Anybody else have 30-50% of the tips of TTSX/LRX off center?

[@italian_badger1660]

I have a few boxes of ttsx. Yes I have the same issue and it did really worry me so I shot a couple groups and got .5 inches both times so I don't think it's a big issue, but I do wish they were centred as it wouldn't hurt, and I do think it's lousy quality control. That said, I love everything else about the ttsx and will continue to buy them. Oh and that was handloads btw not factory

[@angusmotorsports4715]

@@italian_badger1660 In CA we're restricted to Lead Free bullets so I'm limited on my options. I'm pretty frustrated with the inconsistent accuracy I'm experiencing with copper from Barnes, Hornady, and Nosler. I have an older Mod 70 300 Win Mag that back then came with a chamber cut for a 220gr round nose lead so even at my max magazine length of 3.400 I still have .270" of jump so that's one challenge. Barrel is free floated and action is fully bedded. It shoots 168/175gr Sierra MKs under an inch consistently so I have confidence in the rifle/optics. I've had the most success with 79.1-79.4gr H4831SC, Win LRM Primer and the 165gr TSX. So with that I'll get 4 shots under and 1/2" (one ragged hole) then a flyer at 1". IMHO that's good for an old rifle, however I'll go back to the range the next day and with the same exact load and conditions and it will shoot 2 1/2". Bought a box of Barnes Vor-tx 180gr TTSX. Shots 1(CB), 3, 4, 5 were within .675" but that 2nd shot was 1.750" M77 in 7mm Rem Mag. Shoots 139LRX 68.0gr of H1000 Rem 9 1/2 Primer at .905" then go back the next day with the same load and is 2 1/2" now. M77 in .243 Win with 80gr TTSX and 85gr TSX I've had a few loadings just over an inch. One 80grTTSX loading of 47.3gr Superformance Fed 210M primer that was .870" but that's pretty slow for a 243.

[@carlpreston1680]

You should try the 175 grain LRX they work great in a 300 win mag a good balance between BC and speed they have been pretty accurate out of four different rifles I load for but that being said You're rifle might not like monolithics

[@angusmotorsports4715]

@@carlpreston1680 I've tried the 190 LRX with mediocre results. Oddly the 168TTSX is drastically worse than the 165TSX. The 175 LRX has a good BC so I'll give that a shot. Time for another deep cleaning on it. My SAKO 300WM brass is done so now I'm starting over again with 50 new Petersen 300WM Long brass. Feeding these beasts with 70-80grs of powder is getting pretty expensive.

[@carlpreston1680]

@@angusmotorsports4715 I've never tried the 190s only the 175s but the 500 plus BC at 3000 to 3100 per second I figured it was hard to beat The rifles we use them in weren't very high end and they still did pretty good probably more human factor than anything they were all loaded too published over all length

[@cypherthepro]

Big reps to Ryan.. been telling him for months how copper slays over 100,000 In Scotland each year.

[@adamshaw8214]

Barnes looses all its petals just the shank left. E tip is where its at.

[@The_Judge300]

And what type of Barnes bullet did you use and in what cartridge? You will need a very high impact speed for a modern Barnes bullet to lose any of the petals. I have hit the spine of a deer at more than 3000 fps with a .264 TTSX and still not lost a single petal.

[@JohnWest-yc9ol]

Align your tips better I've bought 4 boxes of the ttsx and lrx and the tips are misaligned really bad like ur bullets but QC could be better

[@thedirtygot9570]

Too bad their 6.5 creedmoor ammo is so anemic

[@cornpopishuntersrealdaddy4690]

It sure sounds like mark and ryan destroy a lot of meat , cringe

[@CrimeVid]

Why would anybody over the age of sixteen want a bloody hoodie ?