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Trout

A 19" Cutbow from the high desert in Nevada!

Check out this skull I mounted last year: https://www.africahunting.com/media/lichtenstein-hartebeest-european-skull-mount.103491/ I used industrial peroxide, mixed with Basic White powder (ordered online) then brushed that paste on all visible bone. While wet, I wrapped the entire skull in...

If it helps, I recently found that the first shot, from a cold barrel, is considerably slower than shots after that. I'm not saying this happens to everyone, but it does with my hand loads on my Rem 7mm Mag, AND my 270 Win. So much so, it blows the Standard Deviation all to heck.

https://www.africahunting.com/threads/barnes-tsx-reviews-question.62558/page-3#post-772862

I'm guessing its at least worth what it cost to tan a Zebra hide now days. $1,200?

Do you have any pictures?

I had the same concerns, so I found a load for the tsx at 2,900 fps. It got me thinking though, should a person even expect greater than double with TSX?

Just measured. Yes, a little over double.

Quartering left shoulder shot, found in the right rump.

A 140gr tsx recovered from an Impala (.270, 2,700fps). Enough expansion? I think not...

So, we didn't catch that trophy Sailfish we were after, but we did manage to land these two nice Bonito (a tuna)! Offshore from Cancun. I'm grateful and, for once, I got out of the house!!! The weather was spectacular, and the Mexican people were wonderful. Good Times!

I recently had to have my 1974 Parker Hale 7mm REM re-crowned (due to a terrible muzzle break job done years ago). Meanwhile, due to the supply issues, I had to switch to 150 gr Barnes ttsx. So, I went through the process of working up new loads with the shorter 22" barrel. I ran it all...

Yep, from bad to worse. Just when we need the NRA!