New BH 5.56 mm 50 gr TSX initial data

[DocGKR]

Below is some data from the new BH 5.56 mm 50 gr TSX load.

5 shot averages fired at 3 meters from 14.5" M4 w/ave MV of 3012 fps:

BG: pen=14.7" RD=0.47" RW=49.9gr
Steel: pen=19.4" RD=0.22" RW=49.6gr
Wall: pen=16.7" RD=0.46" RW=49.9gr
Auto Glass: pen=17.0" RD=0.36" RW=43.4gr

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MV from various barrel lengths
8" = 2634 fps
10.5" = 2749 fps
14.5" = 3105 fps
20" = 3205 fps

One of the nice things about this load is that it works very well in barrels from 8-20 inches long and works in twists from 1/12 to 1/7.

The photo below compares a 3m BG shot from a 10.5" brl on top with a shot from a 20" brl on the bottom:


Below are some recovered bullets fired from an 8" brl into BG at 3m:

[C-grunt]

Awesome looking load. I take it this is going on the recomended list?

[DocGKR]

Uh...have you read the 2nd paragraph here: https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=19881???

[ICANHITHIMMAN]

clean pics thank you for the update

[ALCOAR]

Awesome, outstanding information. Ordered some of the 5.56 mk262 but have not found any of this new 5.56 50gr. TSX yet.

[vicious_cb]

Impressive results. Does the 50gr TSX still exhibit petal shearing through auto glass like the previous TSX bullets?

[C-grunt]

Uh...have you read the 2nd paragraph here: https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=19881???

Ahhh. My bad.

[ST911]

This has the potential to be the leading multi-purpose, general issue, all systems defensive load for LE and self defense.

I'm anxious to see Molon do some of his accuracy analysis.

[Heidevolk]

Called Black Hills. The rep recommended checking with MidwayUSA or FirstStopGun.

MidwayUSA doesn't have it, but FirstStopGun said on the phone they would be willing to ship it out at $60/box.

Hopefully AmmunitionToGo picks it up.

[Sry0fcr]

MV from various barrel lengths
8" = 2634 fps

Below are some recovered bullets fired from an 8" brl into BG at 3m:

It seems this may challenge some of the conventional wisdom re: terminal ballistics from barrels shorter than 10.5". Can you share the test results for the 8" barrel? I must admit that I find this interesting considering all the comments I've seen on the subject.