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Megalon

Megalon

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While I was bear hunting out near Missoula I stopped at a Scheels. Couldn’t find any of my varmit grenades but I got these. I have used TTSX extensively for my 308. However this will be my first go around using them for coyotes or bobcat. I like to try new recipes for reloading. So send them By the way, no bears but lots of bear crap
 

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A 55-gr copper bullet is kind of long, you may need a faster twist than you have. It's the length not so much the weight.
That said, give them a try BUT, make sure you remove ALL the copper fouling in your barrel before you try them.
All copper bullets will not shoot well with traditional bullet copper fouling. We shoot a lot of ttsx in all types of chamberings and they all work well on coyotes.
 
I always range test new loads. You really think I need a faster twist? That is a total bummer. I do love those TTSX in my 308. Last year, one muley buck, muley doe and whitetail doe with three shots. All dropped dead in their tracks. I do use a good copper solvent on a regular basis.
 
I bet with a 9 twist and 22 250 velocity your good.
I have some 50 grain tsx bullets I need to load. I don't want to use them but I want to hunt California as well as Nevada.
 
A few things…First, Barnes says you need a 1:9 twist for their 55 MPG’s so you should be good with the 55 TTSX.

Second, you’ll want to be very particular about your shot placement with the solid coppers. Even with the velocities the 22-250 will be pushing them, unless you hit something solid like bone, they might not want to open up. Last weekend I shot a coyote with my 6XC using the Barnes LRX and it literally pencilled right through the coyote. 6mm hole in and out and almost no damage inside. Hitting the front shoulder will give you the results you might be looking for.

Third, of all the .22 caliber copper bullets I’ve shot, I’ve found the MPG’s work the best. The Varmint Grenades routinely performed erratically (some never opened up at all - I got a lot of runners unless the shot placement was perfect), the Lead Free Ballistic Tips never did shoot well for me, and often times the solids didn’t expand either. The 6mm Lead Free Ballistic Tips performed amazingly well, but that’s another story. But once I switched to the MPG’s I never had another runner, and the internal damage is always devistating!
 
Small entrance and small exits are the norm with Barnes X, XCL, TSX and TTSX.

I've been using Barnes since about 1992, and have not recovered one from a big game animal, yet. Last fall, my son shot a cow elk at about 240yds, using a 243 and the 80gr TTSX. She was facing us and went down so fast I thought he might have missed, except that I heard the 'womp' of the bullet hit.

She was facing us, and I think she dropped straight down. We did find one petal, but we did not have the time to dig around and find the rest of it due to darkness and the Old Man (me) not having fresh batteries in my headlamp. He was using the flashlight on his phone to light things up and show us the way back to the truck.

The shot was head-on, and the TTSX hit the left shoulder joint and busted it up pretty good.

I use the 45gr XLC, the blue coated ones, out of my 22 Hornet for coyotes, and it's the best bullet I've found for coyotes with the Hornet. When I run out of the XLC, I'll buy the TSX.
 
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