130 TTSX .308

[farrieral]

Is anyone running the 130 grain TTSX with N140? It'll be through my .308 with 20" barrel.

Have a tub so curious as to its efficacy with the 130 TTSX bullet. Viht data below

Cheers,

Al

 

[Mike L]

I run mine with 47.1 gns, gives me 2857 fps average.

 

[Mike L]

T3X .308 ss

 

[farrieral]

@Mike L how are you finding terminal performance on deer?

 

[phildsmith69]

I’m running a load of 44gr of N140 which groups nicely in my 20” S20

 

[Mike L]

It’s been fine so far, no runners past 20m.
Mostly woodland stalking,

 

[stalker.308]

I’m using n140 with 130grain ttsx but through a 30-06. Been three seasons now and a recent Africa trip- extremely pleased

 

[scotch_egg]

I run mine with 47.1 gns, gives me 2857 fps average.

The barrel length is important when giving velocity.

 

[Bowland blades]

No but i have shot lots of similar lead bullets from 308 with N140 indeed it was and likely still is the go to powder for FTR shooters. Work it up in the std way and you will be happy

 

[Brian243]

T3 .308 with 22.5” barrel. 130 gr. TTSX, Lapua cases, 47.1 grains N140 = 2,904 fps mv. Very accurate and terminal effect excellent on fallow, roe, CWD and muntjac. Bullet passes through every time.

 

[Danny Fireblade]

Tikka T3x, 20” barrel, 45.5gr of N530 gives me a MV of 3100fps. Very happy with the accuracy and performance of the TTSX.

 

[Buchan]

Yes. The load has been made for me, can't recall recipe. More accurate than I can shoot and drops the deer, had one runner this winter, who was already on alert - a great trail in the snow for my dog!

 

[paulbshooting]

Have used the 130 grn TTSX in 308. Ended up on N135 not N140. Worked well in terms of deer down but meat damage worse than 150 grain lead. Have the 150 grain fox coppers to try next

 

[patjack]

N140 works great in .308 with Barnes TTSX 130's and yes a compressed load might be needed to drive them fast the closer you can drive them to 3000fps the better, the subject has been covered plenty on here have a search...

Below were recovered from a very large Fallow buck, that only went a few metres though it was only 100+ metre shot so close range, I do have quite a few recovered TTSX's but more that have past through but still done a sterling job.
These were shot through a 20" barrel and at 2970fps

 

[Bowland blades]

T3 .308 with 22.5” barrel. 130 gr. TTSX, Lapua cases, 47.1 grains N140 = 2,904 fps mv. Very accurate and terminal effect excellent on fallow, roe, CWD and muntjac. Bullet passes through every time.

No surprise from me as 100 grain Ttsx will punch through a big red stag breaking both shoulders with my 260 rem and still exiting at ranges over 300 yds commonly / to be expected

 

[farrieral]

Thanks one and all, will pick a few boxes up this week and begin load testing

 

[Monty2011]

I’ve been using the @Virtus Precision UK .308 125gr over N140.

Extremely accurate and getting excellent results on Sika and Roe. Meat damage is minimal.

 

[joe6r]

As Monty has alluded too, @Virtus Precision UK can help with all things Copper in my experience.

 

[Tim1989]

not ttsx but I use the 119grain yewtree tlr bullets, n540 going 3100fps in a 22" barrel. they work great, really accurate and 0.6 g1 bc so fly really flat

 

[UpNorthMI]

I have found the Barnes 130gn TTSX to be very accurate in .308, I believe mine are pushing 3,000 fps, knock down is good although meat damage in my limited experience so far seems more than a standard lead 150gn round, I think that is due to the fast speed.

I've loaded a lot of other Barnes bullets, both TTSX and TSX in many weights and many calibers they have all shot very accurately and have knocked down everything I've shot, up to and including buffalo with 300 gn .375 TSX bullets.