For those of you that have used this combination on deer....or .243 or even 240 WBY please tell me how it went.....do you consider this bullet adequate to 400 yards as a deer killer?

It’s been many years ago, but I had a Sierra 80 grain blow up on a lung shot at a large doe. The TTSX should perform better. I now use 95 grain Noslers.

BTW... 55 grain Nosler BT at 4012 fps are devastating on prairie dogs!

Works great at 230yds in 243win on a large mule deer doe.

I am just in the process of changing over from Partitions to TTSX for a 6x45mm and 6mm-284. They don't shoot the same point of aim as the Noslers.

Sierra 85 grain flat base is deadly on White Tails.

I have not used the 80TTSX, but have used the 85TSX in the 243, 240Wby, and 243wssm and it worked very, very well. So did the 85 Gr Sierra HPBT GK, and 85 grain Partition (current favorite).

Graybird has used the 80 TTSX on deer and antelope with great success out of his .243

Lot of guys here in Alabama are shooting them out of 243s and say they are wicked. I have contemplated it out of my 6mm Rem, but the 100gr cup and cores have never let me down.

I've used the old blue coated 85 grain Barnes bullet on several whitetails over the years out of a 6mm Rem. I'm down to the last 25 or so and my only concern is that Barnes don't make these anymore. I will have to develope a load for the TXS or TTSX in this weight. These are great bullets for deer in my part of the world.

Way in the distant past I used 70 gr TNT and Blitzkings and SXSP'S for varmints in my heavy barreled 6mm Rem "varminter" and just about any 80 gr I could find on sale for my 6mm heavy barreled "deer rifle"...today I use 55-58 gr for non-edible critters and 85-95 gr "deer" bullets for edible critters. They ALL work and it depends on whatever I shoot, the distance, "bullet construction" just what size exit hole there is.

Try a few out and use the one that is MOST ACCURATE in your rifle...hitt'n'um at the right spot is MORE important than the argumentative exit hole is. Mono-metal bullets have issues as far as I'm concerned but I haven't lost anything after being hit by one. Even recovered bullets from my sand box which is definitely more destructive to bullets than live meat don't show much expansion, so I quit using them..besides I couldn't get ANY of the Barnes bullets EXCEPT the "Blue Bombers", now gone, to shoot to the accuracy I want in ANY of my several 6mm cartridges from 6MM FB to 6mm-284.

The old cup and core 80-100 gr Rem, Win and Horn "CHEAP old phart" "SP's" standby's never let me down and I STILL buy "whatsonsale"...I've learned to shoot straight and NOT rely just on the bullet for my kills.

Good Hunting

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Originally posted by Duckhunter39208:
I've used the old blue coated 85 grain Barnes bullet on several whitetails over the years out of a 6mm Rem. I'm down to the last 25 or so and my only concern is that Barnes don't make these anymore. I will have to develope a load for the TXS or TTSX in this weight. These are great bullets for deer in my part of the world.

Hello Ducks - I am changing over to TTSX for the long haul, have some blue ones left over if you're interested.

They flat out work.

The flat out will penetrate deeper and straighter than any other 6mm bullet

37.5 to 38.5 grains of Varget will push then close on 3200 and they tend to be very accurate.

I'm a strong believer that 55 grain cup and core in .22 centerfires work just fine. So why wouldn't an 80 grainer in 6mm work? It would and just fine, but why? To ME the 100 grainers are a better choice in that caliber. Maybe it's not just me afterall, the 244 didn't get off the ground because it didn't handle the 100 grainers--but the .243 did. That was reason for the 6mm as most know. I've shot 110 grainers in my 30-06--another why? They kick as much as a 150 grainer, so what is gained? It doesn't make it a varmint round in my books. I guess that 100 grain cup and cores have worked so well in my .243 that I have an if it aint broke don't fix it attitude.

Ive shot a number of antelope and deer with my 6x45 with that bullet as well as an 75 gr. Barnes (discontinued) also culled several times in RSI on springbok, and kudu cows.. A 80 or 85 is available and would be just as good Im sure..

I shoot them at around 2900 to 3000 depending on weight..you can beat that a good bit with the 6mm Rem..

I don't think the 6mm in any form or fashion is a 400 yard caliber..At those extended ranges I would require larger bullets at faster velocity starting with the 270 and up..