Jus’ Thinking Outloud

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Back in the early 1990s, when I started loading Barnes bullets in 338 WM, I called Barnes and talked to a gentleman whose name IIRC was Ty. I told him I wanted to shoot one bullet in 338 WM for everything we hunt here in Alaska. He recommended the 225 grain Xbullet. I asked him what I would be giving up by shooting the 225s vs the 250s and he said about 100 ft lbs of energy and two inches of penetration. I've successfully used the 225 X/TTSXs on everything in Alaska except Dall Sheep with no issues.

Some years ago, after the introduction of the TTSX bullet, I asked Randy Brooks (the creator of the Xbullet) on a Weatherby nation sponsored internet livechat if they would be producing the 250 grain TTSX for the 338 WM. He said they didn't plan to because the 250s were just too long for optimum performance in the 338 WM.

I still continue to use the 225 TTSX and have no complaints with its performance.

These were some of my concerns/issues.

I didn't expect much in terms of greater penetration at close range shots……merely considering the possible improvement pertaining to long range. Will the additional velocity gained at distances over 500 yards be of any measurable value…..as in, flattening the trajectory vs the 225 TTSX and some additional penetration over the 225, with the slightly higher long range velocity? memtb