Picked up some in 7-08…..140 grain…….I’ve wanted to try them before but never got them……anyone have opinions good and bad accepted…..

I shoot them in a couple of my rifles and have been well pleased.

Drop weight in monos.

^^^Go light for caliber with the ttsx and pick up the additional velocity. I’d personally go with the 120gr ttsx in the 08. I dropped from 165-180gr bondeds to 150 gr in my .300 when I switched over to the ttsx 2 yrs ago and never looked back. It’s a great bullet and that 150 is smoking when it leaves at 3310fps.

I shoot 120s out of my 7-08. Haven’t had a deer make it more than 5 yards yet. Pigs either

Thanks guys! All they had was 140s so I took them but yes I have thought about the lighter bullet for sure

Great bullets! I run 168gr ttsx and tsx in my .300 RUM, 127 lrx in my 6.5 creedmoor, 130 gr ttsx in my .308 and 80gr ttsx in my girlfriends .243, so I guess you can say I have a strong affinity toward them lol

I guess I’ll be the party pooper. I haven’t noticed anything special about them. Been shooting 140gr out of 2 different 7/08’s and performance is good, just not superior to anything else I’ve seen. I still am searching for a bullet that will shore nuff open one up. Blood trails with the ttsx hasn’t been as expected.

Picked up some accu-bonds, Norma soft point and fusions. I will probably start with the fusions or Norma this year depending on what each gun likes.

If I can find some old school partitions, I’ll likely go back to those.

This is the only one I have recovered.
Not a 7-08 but a 130 gr out of a 308. Like others have said, drop the weight for higher velocity. I noticed better performance dropping from 150 grainers.

The fusions might serve you well, it’s hard to beat the partitions. It’s all I’ll shoot

I’ve shot several deer with a 120 grain NBT out of my 7-08. Very impressive blood trails. The 120 grain NBT in the 7mm is a tough bullet.

I doubt I’ll ever shoot a mono.

Yep, that's the load for a .308 . My son and I both shoot the 130s in 308. Blood trails a plenty , but that really doesn't matter when they're DRT or never make it out of sight.

TTSX is all I use in all my deer calibers. I load them as hot as possible and I don’t mind dropping a little weight to up the speed. The last six deer I killed dropped right there. I think the key to it staying together and expanding uniformly well is the copper.

Yeah for sure. Most of the blood trail comes from dragging them out, 9 times out of 10 it’s a bang/flop kind of deal.

N2TRKYS loaded up some 120’s for my 6.5PRC. Can’t wait to see how they perform on a whitetail.

Shot the Barns triple shock 165 out of my 300 weatherby for a long time. Deadly

As said by others the 120 grain would probably be best for the 7mm-08 but if the 140 is all you can get I'd just make sure to try to shoot dead in the shoulder so they will hit good bone and expand.

Shoot 100s in my 25-06 at 3400fps and 140s in the 7mag at 3275fps. Both perform VERY well.

I shoot them in the kids/wife 243 and one of my 280s they shoot good groups and perform well on fur. I’ve never recovered one.

I recovered this 168 gr 30 cal from a 218# buck this past season. I've recovered several tsx and ttsx. The only time they loose peddle's is when it's hit the spine. The majority of the bullets I've recovered are the 180 gr.

Where did you buy them at? Been looking for same bullet

I like a 120 grain nosler BT for my handloads and a 7-08.

Dunn’s outdoors

130 TTSX 270STW @3600fps exit wound. deer was at 300+ yds. I've got some 165gr I'm gonna work up for my 300prc if they will stay together

It was clearly moving way too fast and just penciled through..

I’ve got some 165’s I’m going to try out in a .308 at some point.

Barnes was yhe most inconsistent buklet I have ever fired. Been 15 or so yrs since I tried them but dang they would not group. Seems like they were blue. Hopefully they sre better now

This is the 120gr over RL26 out of my Bergara HMR Pro 6.5 PRC.

That’s gonna be trouble for something this season.

Barnes are the easiest bullet to get good groups FOR ME! They are not as sensitive to bullet jump (to lands) as vld style bullets are. I like them because the produce 2 holes (in and out). I’ve only caught one in a deer. 200lb+ 9 point. He was facing me slightly quartered. I broke the onside shoulder and the bullet lodged under the skin in the ham after breaking the hip.

My 6.5 prc is deadly with the 100 ttsx

Nailed it! The 120gr NBT is THE bullet for the 7-08.

A 7-08 doesn’t have the velocity needed to maximize damage from a 140gr mono.

An 80gr TTSX in a 243 punches way above its weight class.

In about 2 months I’ll know what a 95gr LRX will do to one launched from a 6mm creedmoor.

Clearly lol

You get any bone on that shot?. Exiting out in front of the shoulder like that, he was either quartered away slightly and you took out the opposite shoulder or you started it in just behind the shoulder on the opposite side and just missed the exit side shoulder. Great performance either way. I know that they open like that at 3000-3200 when you get a shoulder but if they open like that at 3600 without catching one, might be time play around some.

Quartering away caught a rib and exited in front of the off shoulder

I switched to a solid bullet after my son shot his first buck(albeit a spike). Was shooting an SST. Grouped great on paper. Made a perfect shot on the deer but jacket and core separated inside the deer and no exit. Deer made it about 50-75 yards into thick pines. No blood trail to follow. Just happened to walk up on it in the dark. After that, I decided I always wanted two holes. Only barnes I haven’t had exit was my daughter’s buck. He was quartering hard to us. Hit him in the neck on the shoulder side. Bullet was lodged just under skin on opposite ham. Deer didn’t make it 5 yards

Barnes recommends light for caliber. I use 120gr in my 7-08 and 130 gr in my 308/30-06. I like exits and get it with the TTSX.