New BH 5.56 mm 50 gr TSX initial data

[SkyPup]

Not yet, but I did load up 200 of the 62 grain Barnes TSX and have experienced similar results with them too so far.....

I like how long these bullets are. It is freaky how well they petal out and perform, Barnes seriously engineered this bullets to a "T"!

[SkyPup]

Here is the 400+ pound hog that petaled 70 grain TSX bullet came out of, one shot @ 175 yards.....



P.S. that is not a plastic toy SIG 556!

[strambo]

Does the neighbor know you shot his cow? That is one big piggy!

[LOBO]

That porker right there could put a serious hurt on you. Well, he used to be able to anyway

[1slow01Z71]

What would be a good training bullet to get similar POI as the 50gerbarnes? Out of my stash of similar weighted 224 projectiles I havent found one with the same ogive to base length.

[fz1boxer]

ATG has this in stock right now not sure how long it will last.
i would hope this new stuff black hills is producing is identical to the older stuff

[JDGriffin85]

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On the left is BH 5.56 50gr TSX and on the right is XM193 55gr both at 50 yards using Aimpoint in 14.5" barrel with 1/7 twist. RD is zeroed at 50 yards using the XM193... 3" high for the TSX seems like a pretty significant POI shift to me for 50 yards. has anybody else encountered this? Any recommendations for a different practice ammo that shoots similar to the BH 50gr TSX?

[ST911]

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On the left is BH 5.56 50gr TSX and on the right is XM193 55gr both at 50 yards using Aimpoint in 14.5" barrel with 1/7 twist. RD is zeroed at 50 yards using the XM193... 3" high for the TSX seems like a pretty significant POI shift to me for 50 yards. has anybody else encountered this? Any recommendations for a different practice ammo that shoots similar to the BH 50gr TSX?

The 50gr TSX lands high for me.

[rocsteady]

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On the left is BH 5.56 50gr TSX and on the right is XM193 55gr both at 50 yards using Aimpoint in 14.5" barrel with 1/7 twist. RD is zeroed at 50 yards using the XM193... 3" high for the TSX seems like a pretty significant POI shift to me for 50 yards. has anybody else encountered this? Any recommendations for a different practice ammo that shoots similar to the BH 50gr TSX?

A while back I asked the same question and DocGKR had said that pretty much any 55 gr would be close. Not the story in your case it would appear.

I'm sorry I don't have any big answers for you. I have my 16", 1/7 twist BCM zeroed at 50 yards with the BH 50g TSX and have only noticed that it prints about 1-1.5" higher at 50 yards than my handloaded 5.56 70 gr TSX. We use the 62g M855 for training and it has been just fine, accuracy wise for our purposes, but admittedly, most of the time we're well inside 50 yards.

[rocsteady]

I would like to hit the range sometime in the next couple weeks and I will try some comparison at 50 yds with the green tip and see where it prints compared to the BH 50 grainers and I'll post back here.