Hornady CX vs Barnes LRX

[mtnbound]

Any one have experience with either one or, better yet, both of these? I'm looking at them in 127 grain and 130 grain for the 6.5 PRC, first in factory loads and eventually in reloads. Use case would be for killing game up to, but not including, elk sized game at up to 650 yards. My main concern would be weather or not they would open up well at the further portion of that range. Of course accuracy would be a concern but I'll sort that part out.

I've also considered the hammer bullets.

No experience with Hammers but between the CX and LRX, I would choose the LRX, but when I shot them I limited my max range to keep the impact velocity above 2200fps because I wasn’t happy with their definition of expansion when I saw it in real life.

 

[swampy14]

No experience with Hammers but between the CX and LRX, I would choose the LRX, but when I shot them I limited my max range to keep the impact velocity above 2200fps because I wasn’t happy with their definition of expansion when I saw it in real life.

I agree. I use the LRX and keep it 2000+ fps and aim for shoulders/high shoulders generally.

 

[st1650]

What about short range hunting ? Inside of 200 yards. What would the wound channel look like with a 77 LRX at 2650-2700 FPS ? Haven’t seen any gel test for the 22-6mm monos at GT/creedmoor speeds

 

[SDHNTR]

I kill hogs regularly with a .223 and 62 gr TTSX at 2850 mv. I don’t get off on extensive examination and critiquing “wound channels” and other nerdy stuff, but suffice it to say it makes a big mess and critters die fast. I would have zero reservations wrt terminal performance as long as they shot well in your barrel.

 

[Arcus Venator]

I have no experience with the 6.5 caliber. But have used GMX, CX, TSX, TTSX, and LRX. In 0.224, 0.277, 0.308, 0.338, 0.375, 0.416, and 0.423 calibers. The Barnes has been superb, and every time I have shot the Hornady vs Barnes, the Barnes always shot tighter groups.

 

[RangerSO]

280 AI with barnes 150 gr ttsx at 2,950 fps (at barrel) 295 yd shot on caribou bull. It went 40 yds and dropped. Gutless technique was a great autopsy and showed a beautiful slicing hole through the lungs. Took out a rib on the way out and kept on trucking. Glad I waited for another bull to step out from behind him before I shot.
I have been loading .308 barnes 150 gr ttsx at 2,850 fps for a friend and he has shot 3 large whitetail bucks with them. All of them were shot at under 100 yds. and all of them dropped within 50 yds. His family has some health issues and they wont eat lead shot deer. So this does the trick for him.
The ttsx has shot 1 moa or better in all of our guns.
They sure have less meat loss than the nosler partition loads I used to shoot.
Dead is dead and it has been my experience that copper makes them dead within sight.