Copper?

[noslerpartition]

They will probably shed the petals at that speed

 

[RiverRider]

I can imagine that. I guess I'll have to shoot a few hogs to see how it behaves. If I get bang-flops, I don't care if the petals separate and fly to Hong Kong. I'd just hate to mutilate one of our nice little Central Texas Whitetail bucks unnecessarily.

 

[Ridge_Runner]

Hammers

 

[AFG270]

Hammers

Hammers!

 

[nhenry]

I can imagine that. I guess I'll have to shoot a few hogs to see how it behaves. If I get bang-flops, I don't care if the petals separate and fly to Hong Kong. I'd just hate to mutilate one of our nice little Central Texas Whitetail bucks unnecessarily.

As is the case with Hammers, shedding petals is great. It'll just make the petals rip through more tissue in tangent paths to the main shank, which means more damage inside than just the straight punch that it'd do if it stayed together.

Hammers are designed to shed petals and they work swimmingly. They've been tested and proven on all continents sans Antarctica at this point. On the full range of animal size too. Spomer killed an elephant bull with one in a 375 H&H and I've personally misted a ground squirrel with one.

 

[RL338]

Re: the Barnes 80-grain TTSX...

I tried this bullet in my 6mm-284 and got amazing accuracy and speed. I found a great load running just shy of 3600 fps. I don't doubt for an instant that it will open up, but I am wondering if it will be too destructive within 100 yards.

Any insight on this?

The worst case is they shed all 4 pedals off. They won’t grenade like a lead jacketed bullet.

 

[jimbires]

I didn't see much , if any, meat damage with the7mm 160 grain Barnes TSX bullets . you could eat right to the hole .

Barnes 160 TSX

guys I recovered this bullet from a whitetail I shot with my 7 rem mag . 160 TSX at about 50 yards . 3100muzzle velocity . it now weighs 138 grains . I had doubt about these bullets from a few other animals I shot . after recovering this bullet I quit using them . I'm just not sold on mono...

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[JD338]

Last year I shot 4 deer with monos in the 375 H&H Mag. First 2 were the Barnes 250 TTSX at 2800 fps. Ranges were 150 and 160 yds and both were knocked off their feet.
Shot two more with the 260 gr E-Tip at 2750 fps at 60 yds. Both were DRT but I recovered this one. Bullet entered behind left shoulder and was found in front of the point of the shoulder on the off side. No big bone was hit.
Makes me wonder about penetration.

JD338

 

[6mm Remington]

My son has used his 6mm Remington with great success using 90 gr. Nosler E-Tips! They have worked very well on antelope, deer, and a big old cow elk. I would suggest you give the E-Tips a try.

I would use the 90 gr. E-Tip in your 243.

150 gr. E-Tip in your 308.

 

[nhenry]

Last year I shot 4 deer with monos in the 375 H&H Mag. First 2 were the Barnes 250 TTSX at 2800 fps. Ranges were 150 and 160 yds and both were knocked off their feet.
Shot two more with the 260 gr E-Tip at 2750 fps at 60 yds. Both were DRT but I recovered this one. Bullet entered behind left shoulder and was found in front of the point of the shoulder on the off side. No big bone was hit.
Makes me wonder about penetration.

JD338

That really is a weird experience you witnessed... Shouldn't happen, but glad it worked out in the end.

 

[Guy Miner]

Last year I shot 4 deer with monos in the 375 H&H Mag. First 2 were the Barnes 250 TTSX at 2800 fps. Ranges were 150 and 160 yds and both were knocked off their feet.
Shot two more with the 260 gr E-Tip at 2750 fps at 60 yds. Both were DRT but I recovered this one. Bullet entered behind left shoulder and was found in front of the point of the shoulder on the off side. No big bone was hit.
Makes me wonder about penetration.

JD338

Well, it certainly opened up nicely... But ya, I would expect a 375 H&H shooting a 260 grain copper alloy bullet to exit...

Interesting.

Guy

 

[TackDriver284]

I use the 80 grain Tipped TSX, which is TTSX works great on deer and very accurate. Lead is not prohibited in Canada but I don't want lead fragments in my meat.

It's the reason why I like to double lung and it keeps the lead fragments off the shoulders.

 

[RL338]

Shot two more with the 260 gr E-Tip at 2750 fps at 60 yds. Both were DRT but I recovered this one. Bullet entered behind left shoulder and was found in front of the point of the shoulder on the off side. No big bone was hit.
Makes me wonder about penetration.

Tough old swamp buck.

 

[jakasspeech5]

I tried this bullet in my 6mm-284 and got amazing accuracy and speed. I found a great load running just shy of 3600 fps. I don't doubt for an instant that it will open up, but I am wondering if it will be too destructive within 100 yards. difuzori

under 3600 fps, I can definitely see why you'd be concerned about close-range performance