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Barnes 62gr Tac-X in an AR

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14 April 2017, 04:29
GeorgeS
Barnes 62gr Tac-X in an AR
Has anyone had success loading the above bullets to ~2500-2650fps and gotten good terminal performance on hogs and deer?

George


16 April 2017, 01:26
perry
I have. I had a very accurate load that I shot for years before the 70gr TSX came out. I killed hundred of hogs from helicopters and several deer (from the ground). Load was 2,660 fps. Lots of heart lung shots

Perry
16 April 2017, 02:39
perry
H4895 was the powder. tights groups
16 April 2017, 18:31
Jgrabow6493
I'm looking at this bullet also for my new Colt M4. I plan on using for Coyote and sometime in the near future Wolf. I was wandering what the difference is between this bullet and the Triple-Shock X 62 Grain Hollow Point Boat Tail.


Jim
16 April 2017, 19:49
GeorgeS
Thanks, Perry.

Jim,

The Tac-X is a bit shorter than the TTSX.

George


16 April 2017, 22:26
perry
quote:
Originally posted by GeorgeS:
Thanks, Perry.

Jim,

The Tac-X is a bit shorter than the TTSX.

George



I use/have used both and the performance is identical. Accuracy is the same too. They both open up fast and penetrate deep. In the 5.56 I really like it for everything from coyotes to deer and hogs. First coyote I shot with it I was surprised it worked as well as it did. I was expecting, from such a tough bullet, pretty poor performance on smaller game. Because it opens so fast and expands so much it really slam dunks smaller game.

Perry
16 April 2017, 22:33
GeorgeS
Thanks again Perry. I want to load it to about 2600fps so I can use it with one of my suppressors 9which is only 'rated' to 2650fps).

George


17 April 2017, 02:22
Jgrabow6493
George, I was referring to the TSX and not the TTSX. I just found this tidbit on another forum. "Barnes rep said they are the same bullet. Only "difference" is that the M/LE TAC-X goes through one more inspection than the TSX does".


Jim
17 April 2017, 03:11
GeorgeS
Thanks, Jim.

George