Barnes VOR-TX Centerfire Rifle Ammo – Tipped TSX Boat Tail – .260 Remington – 20 Rounds

I picked up some Barnes in .270 Winchester and after years of using superx when changed to Barnes I got a deer .my Winchester model 70 featherweight loves those Barnes rounds low recoil great accuracy i shot that deer at 130yards like they say they are hand inspected best ammo around

Shot a black bear at 34 yards with my 300 win man, through the heart and lungs missed the shoulder, bullet expanded and it dropped about 20 yards away, was very suprised the bullet had expanded and did not explode at that distance

My Savage 10 from 1984 was shooting; 17 moa using core-lokt 180 grain 12 moa using core-lokt 150 grain 7 moa using Hornaday SST 165 grain And 0.8 MOA using Barnes 168 grain TTSX. Enough said!

This factory ammo .shoots great and is super accurate . This is all I'll use in my centerfire rifles .

Very happy with how these 168g perform in my Tikka T3X .30-06. I don't see any reason to change ammo.

This bullet is extremely accurate and consistent from my tikka 3t x and I have been loving it on the range. Saturday morning I shot a moose with this bullet at about 80 yards with two shots. The second one hit his spine and down he went, so I was able to recover and finish him off. But I found that the bullets zipped right through without mushrooming. The exit wounds were just the same size as the entry wounds. Had I not hit his spine on the second shot I’m sure I would never have recovered despite double lung penetration on the first. Not sure if the bullet always behaves like this, but it sure did for me and I wanted to let people know.

I originally bought the 168 gr in 308 win for elk hunting as I was looking for something with good penetration; however, I ended up using them on deer after an unfortunate event. My prior bullet of choice was the Hornady SST 150 grain and I really liked the terminal performance of that round. Every deer I took with it was a one shot kill and the animals dropped right in their tracks. When field dressing you could see the damage done by the SST, but that is also the cause of the unfortunate event. One night when serving sliced deer loin in a meal my daughter bit down on a 5mm piece of lead. I promised her I'd switch to all copper after literally feeding her lead and as I was heading out hunting that weekend had to take the 168 gr for deer as they were already sighted in for my rifle. I've now harvested 2 deer with them with mixed results. First, they aren't SST knock down performance and I found on both deer there was delayed kills. One deer was top of heart and double lung, so while killing was delayed versus the SST it wasn't too bad. The second deer was shot through the shoulder and double lung, but took a long time to die. I actually shot him a second time through both lungs and he still took a few minutes to expire. When field dressing him the wounds were noticeably bigger on the exit side, but the internal damage wasn't nearly as great as the SST (good and bad as all the damage from the SST was the bullet fragmenting). Both deer were shot at ~60 yards so I was hoping velocities at impact would of been high enough to cause hydrostatic shock, but I didn't see it. As I've made a promise to my daughter I will be switching to the 150 gr to see if the extra velocity will give me hydrostatic shock and help with the humane killing of the animals. PROS: bullets don't fragment, have tremendous pass through ability. Accurate bullet (good groups at the range < 1MOA) CONS: Lack knock down punch and delayed killing. Even though had clean pass through, didn't have much of a blood trail

I bought a Tikka 30-06 2 years ago and last year I tried the 180 grain TTSX shells and to my surprise I had a perfect shot at a 150 to 200 lb black bear 4 days before the end of spring season, it took 1 shot to the neck at maybe 50 yards. He dropped never even took another step.

25-06 100 grain barnes in Sako 85 finnlight - 3 kills 3 headshots, 0 wasted meat 2@250yrds, 1@400yrds. I'm a handloader but not going to bother tinkering when these bullets shoot so well.

One month ago I purchased 40 rounds of the Barnes TTSX in 168 grain for my Remington 308 for an upcoming moose hunting trip in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Yesterday I was finally able to get out to the range to zero in my rifle but unfortunately that did not happen. I chambered a total of 6 rounds, 3 of the six were duds and did not fire. Very disappointed and extremely discouraging. Not what I expected to see from a premium ammunition manufacturer like Barnes. Thankfully I only lost a day at the rifle range and not the bull moose of a lifetime.

I bought these bullets for my 300 win mag in a 165g for moose hunting. Lined in my rifle with them the shot perfect at the target grouped well and everything. Until it came down to the time to shoot a moose with them. At almost 500 yards I shot the bull barely made it through the rib cage and hit no vitals at all. Should have been a dead moose right there but ended up tracking him for about 3 hours. Almost didn’t catch up to him. But at the end of the day we did. So if I can save someone the headache of having something similar happen to them that’s good. I do not recommend this product.

First time using the TTSX BT 180 grains for moose hunting. Broad-side- Lung shot at 268 yards. The bullet went through a 500 pound bull (dressed); busted a rib on the way out and ready missed up the lungs. Did not recover the bullet.

Extremely accurate and consistent ammo. I usually handload and test various ammo before hunting season, but I didn't have time a few years back so I bought a box for my 338 win-mag. I've had this same box for 3 seasons now and I am so impressed that i don't think I will handload for my 338 anymore. They are so consistent and reliable. To the guys that are using sub-200 grain bullets on moose and leaving a bad review on the ammo... Come on guys.

I bought a box of barnes vor-tx for 300 rum , opened the box and looks like the rounds were tossed down a gravel road, looked old and tarneshed and small dents in the casings defiantly not what i expected from premium ammo

One hole ragged consistent groups out of my Sako 85 finnlight. More accurate then nosler trophy grade 165s. Will be buying more!

Bought this in .223 for my sons first deer hunt. Shot his first deer with this ammo and the ammo did a fantastic job. Anyone who says a .223 isn’t big enough for deer hunting should give these federal fusions a try!

i bought these after shooting nosler ballistic tips for years. i was super impressd, first group was well sub moa out of my bergara. shot my first deer with them this fall and on a hard quartering shot i was able to slip the bullet in front of his back leg and recovered the bullet in the offside shoulder. it expanded very well and retained nearly all its weight. in fact i could slide the bullet right back into the casing. Mature Alberta whitetail buck didnt go 15 yards before he tipped over.

I had tried remington core lockt bullets for my tikka 7mm rem mag and couldn't get a grouping within 1.5 inch and had fired 2 boxes of ammo through it. I bought these a few days ago and they work great. Some guns are just picky I guess. Can't wait for deer season

I shot a bear and a moose with this ammo (300 win mag). The bear did run 30 feet, I shot both lungs, The moose did 2 feet then drop. I will use it as mush as I can. It does the job.

210 yds moose with .308 win. Dropped in 30 seconds with a heart shot. Very accurate, and extremely little waste. Bullet survived intact even after passing through the shoulder blade on exit, came to rest right under the hide. Very impressed.