I haven't had much time lately but I have chronographed the combat load out of the 8" and 14.7" LWRC's. 2678 fps from the 8" and 3007 fps from the 14.7". The TSX is designed as a hunting round and I think the 85's would work well as a hunting round and a bad ass combat round. I haven't seen any ballistics tests on it yet so I don't know how far it penetrates but I imagine it will be at least 12 inches and probably alot more. At 2550fps I've tested the 110gr TSX and they expanded to an average of .60". Just imagine that bullet design at 3000 fps. After running the numbers on the JBM program, 3000 fps muzzle velocity gives it a performance envelope of 500 yards (if the hollow point opens at 1900 fps). Since it is a solid copper bullet it will be good for intermediate barriers. I think this may be the best round yet for the 6.8 for general use. I haven't tried accuracy testing yet but I don't have any reason to believe it won't be accurate enough for combat use.
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They don't have an 85gr TSX listed on the JBM in the .270 caliber so I used the 85gr TSX in the .243 and guessed the BC was about .280. I used 4000 feet elevation. So the numbers might not be right on for this load. Either way, 400 yards or 500 yards, still impressive.Zippy said:
Ok, edit here, I ran those same numbers again on the JBM program at 3000 fps and I still got 500 yards at 1900 fps. But, again, this is using the 85gr TSX in the .243 caliber and a guess of .280 for the BC. Who knows.
Did the bullets pass through? The more I hear about this round the more I like it. Art at SSA told me this round in the combat load was still pushing 2800 fps from a 10.3" barrel so out of a 12.5" it should be around 2900 fps. With that bullet that is scary!HTR said:I have already slammed two hogs with the 85 grain TSX, using my Cardinal Armory 12.5" barrel. I haven't chronographed them yet, because I spent most of that day shooting the Tubbs Final Finish series through the new barrel. After the treatment, I went pig hunting in a stand near a deer feeder that they had knocked over.:x I WAS PISSED
So, I snuck in at dusk, and about an hour after sunset, here they came. They sniffed the air at the end of the sendero, but I was scent - free....I actually took a shower in scent soap, as if bow hunting, because they are no so wary of any human scent. They didn't smell me....little bastards :evil:
So, here they came, under the feeder and just as a big sow was starting to nudge the legs of the feeder, I plugged her right through the ribs with an 85 grainer, using my D-740....all I wanted to do was put a hole in her and let her run off from the feeder. Instead, she dropped in her tracks!! She just kinda wiggled around a little.....DAMN.
Since I am always ready for the rest of them to run, I re-oriented the rifle toward another running pig, and shot it right in the side, and it, too flopped right over. I had forgotten the camera at home that night
The TSX's are performing just about like I had imagined....and they do it at just under 3000 FPS from the 12.5 inch barrel. Yeah, baby, yeah.
Yup, I was using combat loads for the numbers, I chrono'd them from my rifles.Zippy said:
As for home defense, probably not the best round because of the depth of penetration, but until we see ballistics gel reports who knows for sure. For 12.5" barrels and longer I still think the Hornady 110gr vmax is perfect. For everything else, the 85gr TSX.
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