What would you use this load for if you got a good deal ($25/50) and picked up several hundred rounds? I know how I would use 5.56 50 or 70 grain TSX but not sure of a good purpose for this stuff.
What would you use this load for if you got a good deal ($25/50) and picked up several hundred rounds? I know how I would use 5.56 50 or 70 grain TSX but not sure of a good purpose for this stuff.
I'd pull the bullets, sell them, and use the brass/powder to make good ammo.
(I'm not sure of a good purpose for that stuff either.) I'm a card carrying member of the OTM lovers society.
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The TSX would make a nasty duty round in .223.
I’ve used the TTSX bullet in 7mm 140gr on stuff, and it will punch a hole in one side and exit the other the size of a golf ball. Destroys everything in its path.
I wouldn’t want to get shot with one, that’s for damn sure.
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I use the 50gr variety for short barrelled rifles due to its high velocity, flat trajectory to 200, and performance on soft targets inside that range.
I was unaware of the performance issues pointed out above, so if I was using it to drft hogs I would keep shots forward of the gristle plate.
I scored some of the Black Hills 50 TSX some time ago when they first came out and shot 3 different pigs with it. Using several dozens of pigs and deer shot with 53, 55, and 70 grain TSX to set my expectations, the 50 TSX in all 3 cases did not give the expected results. All 3 ran for 75+ yards and were not recovered. I intentionally shot through lungs rather than head/neck to see how they would perform. After each one I reconfirmed zero and it was spot on.
I have not hunted with the round since and I am still scratching my head at the results. To this day, they are the only 3 I have not recovered when shot with the TSX and I have recovered many lung shot right where I held with these.
The 55 and 70 grain TSX are still my hunting rounds for the AR, and I only hunt 300 Blackout or 308 with TSX as well. With the gel tests posted I have to wonder if there was a bad lot that did not expand or if this is the most inconvenient of coincidences. Mine were all fired with 16" barrels.
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