Barnes 160 LRX in 7PRC

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I’ve had good luck with H1000. 71 grains under a 160 LRX in a Hornady case with a CCI #250 gives me an average velocity of 2989 fps and half inch groups at 100 yds out of a Browning X bolt with 24” barrel.

My only complaint is bullet expansion after killing a nice cow elk on the first this month with it, first animal taken with an LRX. Hit her dead center behind the shoulder as she was quartered away from me at 50 yards, bullet exited the front of the opposing shoulder and you could solidly plug the exit hole with your index finger. We found several petals that had come off as it passed through the chest cavity. She ran about 100 yards and there was no blood for the first 40-50 yards, then very little after, when she did start bleeding. I’ve killed dozens of deer and elk with TTSXs and they all performed flawlessly. Hoping this was a fluke with the LRX.

This is where things get kind of blurred. From talking to one of their techs on the phone it sounds like Barnes designed the LRX for impact distances of 300 yards an beyond. Since the impact distance on your cow elk was only 50 yards, the TTSX would have been the better projectile for that particular shot. Alas, there is no "silver bullet" that works at all distances.