Barnes 115gr ttsx tac-tx bt factory load info thread

[Stinky Coyote]

Short story is this 115gr bullet in tac-tx line up designed to open up at much lower velocities of short barrel carbine AR's...they started with a 300 blackout tac-tx but now have the 6.5 Grendel 115gr offering, not to be confused with the regular 120gr ttsx which will be designed for normal faster 6.5mm cartridges.

Cannot find gel or recovered hunting data on this bullet yet. So anyone can get some lead into piggies etc. maybe can find this thread and start posting. I have been able to buy this ammo, just not use it yet. It's shorter overall length than hornady black, has a large poly tip, much larger than hornady, and it's crimped...for AR reliability apparently the whole ammo designed around AR use.

Rated at 2590 fps, .387 bc.

So far all i've been able to find is this and they killed a pile of hogs but zero follow up to show any recovered bullets etc. unsure why? https://shwat.com/barnes-bullets-vor-tx-...el-review/

We need to know more about this bullet and this ammo.

[sundowner]

Thanks for the info .

[grayfox]

I got one box a few months ago, and shot it. Worked well on targets but no reloading components, which is what I would want.

[sneaky one]

This is good news. I like that general wt. class for longer shots in LFP's.

Years back I sent some 105 grn. GMX's to ricsmall in Georgia. He dropped a deer @ 325 yds. He said that he had never seen meat coming out from entrance & exit hole before.

Nice to see more companies taking notice of what would work better for the medium speeds from the Grrr. I've been on this push for 11 years, with some help from forum members.

Contact all the bullet makers, ask for a something ....

[A5BLASTER]

Short story is this 115gr bullet in tac-tx line up designed to open up at much lower velocities of short barrel carbine AR's...they started with a 300 blackout tac-tx but now have the 6.5 Grendel 115gr offering, not to be confused with the regular 120gr ttsx which will be designed for normal faster 6.5mm cartridges.

Cannot find gel or recovered hunting data on this bullet yet. So anyone can get some lead into piggies etc. maybe can find this thread and start posting. I have been able to buy this ammo, just not use it yet. It's shorter overall length than hornady black, has a large poly tip, much larger than hornady, and it's crimped...for AR reliability apparently the whole ammo designed around AR use.

Rated at 2590 fps, .387 bc.

So far all i've been able to find is this and they killed a pile of hogs but zero follow up to show any recovered bullets etc. unsure why? https://shwat.com/barnes-bullets-vor-tx-...el-review/

We need to know more about this bullet and this ammo.

Best way to find out the min expansion speed for that bullet is to call barnes. Their techs are perrty good at giving the details on their bullets.

Maker bullets are a good reloading component to substitute for the barnes bullets. Lil better bc levels and a much lower expansion speed limit.

But they hold their weight very well like the barnes bullets do.

[Stinky Coyote]

There’s a guy on YouTube that did eld-m from short barrel into gel I think 2250 fps impact with 19.5 inches of penetration and said it bettered the sst by an inch. I’d like to see how this load stacks up in comparison but would also be nice to see how they hold up from the hog slayers around here also! I’m sure the data will come but come on already lol...inquiring minds wanna know.

I’m done for the season so can’t play for awhile and coyotes can’t keep an eld-m in em even when I hit them end to end. So highly unlikely the Barnes will be captured until I get back to big game season.

I love rapid expansion construction in high sd bullets at Grendel speeds...beyond expectation terminal performance imo. So this one has me curious. Could be a mono that does what I like? The eld-m is tough to beat imo, the terminal performance as well as ballistics are tops.

[BlogSarge]

It is good to see a company paying attention to the SBR market and offering bullets geared to the SBR velocities.

I’ve used the Barnes blackout-specific 110 gr load (they also offer a 120 gr blackout load) in my blackout on Michigan whitetails several times. Each time I got through and through penetration (never recovered a bullet) with the boiler room looking like jelly.

I haven’t got a Grendel but am building a 6ARC SBR as soon as BFT gets his 12 inch Monster barrels in stock, so I hope Barnes will do an SBR load for that.

[diggler1833]

There’s a guy on YouTube that did eld-m from short barrel into gel I think 2250 fps impact with 19.5 inches of penetration and said it bettered the sst by an inch. I’d like to see how this load stacks up in comparison but would also be nice to see how they hold up from the hog slayers around here also! I’m sure the data will come but come on already lol...inquiring minds wanna know.

I’m done for the season so can’t play for awhile and coyotes can’t keep an eld-m in em even when I hit them end to end. So highly unlikely the Barnes will be captured until I get back to big game season.

I love rapid expansion construction in high sd bullets at Grendel speeds...beyond expectation terminal performance imo. So this one has me curious. Could be a mono that does what I like? The eld-m is tough to beat imo, the terminal performance as well as ballistics are tops.

The ELD-M can be pretty good performers, but they are not as consistent as the SST. Their terminal results are more a happy byproduct, and not an intent.

[Stinky Coyote]

It is good to see a company paying attention to the SBR market and offering bullets geared to the SBR velocities.

I’ve used the Barnes blackout-specific 100 gr load (they also offer a 120 gr blackout load) in my blackout on Michigan whitetails several times. Each time I got through and through penetration (never recovered a bullet) with the boiler room looking like jelly.

I haven’t got a Grendel but am building a 6ARC SBR as soon as BFT gets his 12 inch Monster barrels in stock, so I hope Barnes will do an SBR load for that.

The arc may be fast enough with regular 80 gr ttsx even in sbr format? They may not need to design a more rapid expansion bullet? Unless someone wants to keep things above 100 gr then maybe. Agree it would be interesting to see what they come up with, but take your arc business to another forum will ya...the Grendel is better, that's what we talk about here.

[Scout175]

Shot a white tail doe with one of these 115s at the end of the season. Reloaded with AR-Comp: 2460fps out of a 20in AR. Chip shot- she was quartering to me 35 yards away. Bullet passed trough her just in front of her shoulder and out the ribs low on the other side right behind her heart. She ran maybe 20 yards and expired. Bullet missed her heart but must have hit a major artery leaving a wicked blood trail and pool of blood where she layed. Sorry, as expected, bullet not recovered. They are accurate in my rifle with consistent sub-moa at 100 yards. I like them. Hardly had any meat damage which was a plus. Picked up a couple of boxes straight from Barnes before they got bought out.

[KC Huntin]

Bumping old thread looking for added data/results on game.

[Stinky Coyote]

Bumping old thread looking for added data/results on game.

https://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthre...115+barnes

see this link for more info

[Ranchmanager]

Rivertown Munitions has Tac - TX in stock if you are looking for ammo