TTSX bullet recovered from elk

[Bob33]

It’s always fun to recover a bullet used in hunting. I was fortunate to recover a 165 grain TTSX bullet from an elk I killed in Wyoming last week.

The caliber was 300 WSM. The elk was 335 yards away, mostly broadside but slightly quartering towards me. The elk turned its head to swat at a fly just as I shot, so the bullet went through its neck, then entered the rib cage and hit a rib, passed through a portion of lung and liver and embedded itself in the hide just below the backbone.

[Taco280AI]

Good performance

[Timberstalker]

Wow. Unbelievable retention on that bullet, Bob.
Thanks for sharing.

[X-Force]

What was is your accuracy with the rifle? How did you decide on a 165 gr?

It seems like most commercial rates of twist for a 300 wsm are built for a 180-210 g bullet.

Stellar performance

[Bob33]

What was is your accuracy with the rifle? How did you decide on a 165 gr?

It seems like most commercial rates of twist for a 300 wsm are built for a 180-210 g bullet.

Stellar performance

They shoot a bit under 1 MOA in my Browning X Bolt. I prefer lighter bullets when using monolithics like the TTSX.

[RockChuck]

My 300wsm  shoots 165gr much more accurately then 180gr, but that Bullet is what I want mine to look like!

[Dan-o]

Nicely done, Bob.

That bullet sure performed well.

[kisfish]

looks great

[meatwhack]

That’s classic Barnes performance.

[flyfishWA]

looks like good expansion, got any pics of the bull?

[Stein]

No surprise, pretty much what they do.

Congrats on the elk!


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[Whitpirate]

Great performance...

[kevinlisa06]

Great performance on that bullet, I haven’t recovered a Barnes bullet yet to see what the performance was.


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[bearpaw]

  congrats on the successful hunt

[WSU]

I have recovered both TSX and TTSX and they look just like that.

[bobcat]

My daughter's elk managed to stop one of the 7mm 120 grain TTSX bullets in the far shoulder. I just had to slice the hide a little where the bulge was to expose the bullet.

[Curly]

 

[bobcat]

Weighed it last night- 119.6 grains. I then weighed a bullet straight out of the box- 119.9 grains. Gee, I bet the plastic tip weighs about 0.3 grains.   

That's why I chose the Barnes TTSX for my daughter's elk hunt. I needed a light bullet to keep recoil as mild as possible, so I wanted a bullet that wouldn't disintegrate if she hit a shoulder.

[dscubame]

My favorite bullet with excellent experiences.

Then for some strange reason when I picked up a 300 win mag this year for elk season I was talked into working it up for the 200 gr. Hornady Precision Hunter ELD-X.  I will still use the ttsx on the other 2 hunting rifles and if the ELD-X does not meet expectations I will switch it over to the Barnes ttsx like the other two.

[Timberstalker]

Weighed it last night- 119.6 grains. I then weighed a bullet straight out of the box- 119.9 grains. Gee, I bet the plastic tip weighs about 0.3 grains.   

That's why I chose the Barnes TTSX for my daughter's elk hunt. I needed a light bullet to keep recoil as mild as possible, so I wanted a bullet that wouldn't disintegrate if she hit a shoulder.

This is perfect performance.  Thanks for sharing, bobcat.

[Curly]

Weighed it last night- 119.6 grains. I then weighed a bullet straight out of the box- 119.9 grains. Gee, I bet the plastic tip weighs about 0.3 grains.   

That's why I chose the Barnes TTSX for my daughter's elk hunt. I needed a light bullet to keep recoil as mild as possible, so I wanted a bullet that wouldn't disintegrate if she hit a shoulder.

So, impact vel was probably 2,200 to 2,300 fps. 

Pretty good results.