Barnes vs nosler

[williaada]

My .280ai shoots the Barnes TTSX 150gr and the 160 accubond extremely well.

I have had success with both bullets killing animals. I would like to use one bullet and stick with it while hunting all over the lower 48. Any suggestions would be welcome.

 

[HiMtnHntr]

In this day and age I'd keep both on hand if you can find them. My experience says the accubond has a slight edge in performance.

 

[manitou1]

I used to shoot TTSX bullets. After several bad experiences, I have gone strictly Accubonds now.

 

[gelton]

I am guessing you are getting an additional 75fps out of the Nosler and you have an additional 10 grains so I would go with it, but like others have said, keep both due to the current shortages.

 

[EastMT]

I had a bad experience with TTSX in a 7 Mag with plenty of speed, now almost entirely nosler except for 223, and I have a bunch of old cheap tips I use.

For accubond I like heavy for cartridge, Partition I like them light or heavy for cartridge but lean heavy as well.

Too light/fast on the accubond is not my cup of tea, but are effective as well.

 

[idig4au]

Funny...my experience is the opposite in that Barnes ttsx have performed extremely well while I’ve had subpar experience with accubonds with two different calibers. My confidence is with Barnes

 

[Rob960]

My one and only experience with Barnes as a 180gr TTSX in my 300 Win Mag. Shot a Buck in the shoulder at 80yds. No reaction from the Buck, he just continued walking along browsing. Walked 10yds, stopped, began to teeter then fell over. Pencil hole in and pencil hole out. He was an old Buck and I wonder if he even heard the shot. But with actually seeing the impact can't explain why he had zero reaction and simply walked the 10yds and fell over.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

My .280ai shoots the Barnes TTSX 150gr and the 160 accubond extremely well.

I have had success with both bullets killing animals. I would like to use one bullet and stick with it while hunting all over the lower 48. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Sounds like you have two good loads, which do YOU like more? Component availability is a biggie right now obviously.

I hunt lead free so I know what I would choose but that just a personal preference. I've had great experience with barnes (mostly the LRX in 7mm calibers) for dozens of critters. I'm also using/trying other monos but I've never lost a critter with barnes to date: hit with 2200+fps, never shoot rear lungs, try to go through the heart/arterial bundle. Just my experience/preference.