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21 April 2004, 04:00
Dennis 81082
300 Win & Barnes TSX
Has anyone come up with a load for the 300 Win Mag using 168 grain Barnes TSX ?
22 April 2004, 04:33
Curly
I'm working on it. Everything I've tried has produced okay groups and good velocity. I'm still working on it though.

The best load so far has been 77.5 grains of RL22, WW brass, WLR primers, and the bullet at 0.050" from the lands. I haven't tried closer to the lands yet, but farther from the lands and the groups would open start to open up. Velocity was around 3,200 fps at 77.5 gr of RL22.

I will try H4831 and H1000 next.
22 April 2004, 17:29
Dennis 81082
Curly

Thanks for the info. Have you tried RL 19?
23 April 2004, 09:33
Curly
No, I didn't try RL19. I ran out of R19 while trying to get the XLC's to shoot (which can be described as patterns and not groups). The TSX's seemed to shoot well with any powder charge tried with RL22.
25 April 2004, 03:40
sakofan
I got pretty good success with 78.5gr RL22, TSX 168gr.

Velocity was 3260fps for the high. Accuracy was between 1/2-3/4 of an inch at 100 yds. Liked the velocity, so didnt fool around much more accuracy. I will start again.

Some rifles shoot Barnes and some dont...sakofan..
25 April 2004, 04:37
Washington Hunter
Quote:

Some rifles shoot Barnes and some dont...sakofan..



Seems to me that statement is true for the original X bullet and the XLC, but maybe not for the new Triple Shock. I haven't heard of any rifle that won't shoot them accurately enough for hunting purposes, whereas the other two styles would turn an accurate rifle into one that would only shoot 3 to 4 inch groups at 100 yards.
25 April 2004, 15:14
sakofan
Thats true enough. I guess Banes may have solved the accuracy issue. My Rifles have all shot the Barnes line well, and I tried them all.

I think the Barnes TSX MAY be the new king of the hunting bullet hill...sakofan....
02 May 2004, 14:30
mr308win
any load info for 180 tsx?
thanks
wayne