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Thinking of the Barnes TTSX or Hornady CX in this weight for my Savage 99 carbine. Sounds like Ramshot Tac will work, any other powder suggestions that will give good accuracy at less than full throttle loads? Will be a short range black bear load.


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I'll use the 110 and 120 grain Tac-TX in .30 caliber as examples. They were designed with .300 BO muzzle velocities in mind.

They have a more cavernous hollow point and are specially-annealed, allowing them to expand significantly even down to 1400 fps. You'll still see expansion as low as 1300 fps. Barnes also gave these a different geometry so that the BC doesn't suffer.

I can assure you that these Tac-TX bullets will expand at velocities much lower than what the comparable 110 grain TTSX will do -- and they will generally expand to a much wider frontal diameter given equal impact velocities.






Tac-TX vs TTSX at similar impact speeds: These are .30 cal Tac-TX and 6.5mm 100 grain Tipped TSX bullets. Somewhere I have a more appropriate .30 cal comparison photo, and if I locate it, I'll post it. But the results are quite similar.




Here's a 120 grain Tac-TX that had an impact speed of right at 2800 fps:

Don't listen to the naysayers. I can assure you that a 110 grain mono in .30 caliber is plenty for black bear. Between the 110 grain Barnes Tac-TX, the 120 grain Tac-TX and the 110 grain Hornady GMX (now called CX), I've taken dozens of hogs -- and some were quite large. From a purely structural standpoint in terms of a hog's anatomy, if these bullet can do the job on a fully mature boar, they'll be fine on a black bear.

And yes, TAC will work, but don't overlook H4895, AA2495, Varget or SW Precision.