Thread: Do I have to crimp these?

Quick googling has mixed results. Barnes TSX 53GR.

Help please

Bolt, sorry.

Nope, no need to crimp for a bolt action.
I always crimp for my lever action with a tube mag as I have had projectiles move further into the case from recoil or mag spring pressure.

Thanks sounds good

they should be a great deer load...the 50grn ttsx are awesome. no need to crimp...drive them as fast as you can,speed is your friend with monos,it spins them faster which helps them open up properly.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

they should be a great deer load...the 50grn ttsx are awesome. no need to crimp...drive them as fast as you can,speed is your friend with monos,it spins them faster which helps them open up properly.

Hey @Micky Duck, sounds like you've had a bit of experience with the TTSX?

I've just worked up a load for my bushpig, which is grouping really well. Trouble is, it was grouping quite well with the hornady interlock too (heavier and slower, but that's fine). I'm unsure whether I want to make the change for a mere "really well" to "quite well" difference.

So, I'm looking for people who have used the TTSX to convince me either way.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Cheers,
Elliott

ok...my take on them...... they really make the .224 calibre into a giant killer.Ive shot half a dozen deer with the .223 using them...bangflop chest shots at sub 50 yards. shot a 140ish lb boar at a little over a hundy yards,in the crease (behind elbow) did the works on chest cavity and broke offside shoulder,coming to rest under skin...he wasnt dead but was VERY sick when I got up close to him.
I have some 110grn tsx for the mighty poohseventy...Ive fired eggzachary 1 of them in anger and it killed red stag at 200ish yards no fuss no bother and not much mess,my bro in law used same load in same rifle to shoot 2 chammy with same round.
you get a lot less blooded meat and dont get fragments of projectile in meat....neither of those two bother me.
advantages in bigger calibres is the reduction in projectile weight =less recoil and great penertration
other than that they do nothing a cup n core cant do better.