Barnes VOR-TX 300 Win Mag 150gr TTSX BT – Blistering Magnum Load

Description

The Barnes VOR-TX 300 Win Mag 150gr TTSX BT is the fastest of the three Barnes copper loads for the 300 Winchester Magnum. It leaves the muzzle at roughly 3285 fps carrying about 3595 ft-lbs of energy, behind a 0.420 ballistic coefficient. If you hunt open country and want the flattest curve this cartridge will give you inside 300 yards, this is the weight. Each box holds 20 rounds.

• Barnes VOR-TX 300 Win Mag 150gr TTSX BT Overview
• 150 Grain TTSX Boat Tail Performance
• Why Hunters Choose 300 Winchester Magnum Hunting Ammo
• Specifications
• Range Notes For This Polymer Tipped Copper Bullet

Barnes VOR-TX 300 Win Mag 150gr TTSX BT Overview

The projectile is machined from a solid copper billet, so there is no lead core to shed and no jacket to separate. That matters more at magnum velocity than anywhere else. A conventional cup and core bullet arriving at 3285 fps on a shoulder can come apart before it reaches anything vital.

A polymer tip caps the hollow nose and drives rearward on impact to start expansion immediately. The nose opens into four sharp copper petals at roughly double diameter and stays attached, with weight retention close to 100 percent.

150 Grain TTSX Boat Tail Performance

Barnes loads three weights in this cartridge and they are genuinely different tools. This 150 grain is the speed option, flattest inside 300 yards and the most forgiving on a misjudged range. The 165 grain sits in the middle, and the 180 grain is the penetration choice for moose and big elk.

Barnes machines relief grooves into the bearing surface of the projectile. Those grooves reduce bore contact, lowering pressure in a case that already runs hot and cutting the copper fouling a fast solid bullet would otherwise leave.

Why Hunters Choose 300 Winchester Magnum Hunting Ammo

The 300 Winchester Magnum is the most widely chambered magnum in the world. It fits a standard length magnum action, feeds reliably, and ammunition is stocked on every continent that has big game. Barrel life runs to a few thousand rounds rather than the thousand an Ultra Magnum manages.

What this 300 Winchester Magnum hunting ammo adds at 150 grains is reach without recoil going through the roof. A lighter bullet at very high velocity flattens the curve meaningfully inside 300 yards, and a monolithic copper bullet removes the old worry about a light bullet failing on a heavy shoulder.

Be realistic about the trade. At a 0.420 ballistic coefficient this bullet sheds velocity faster than the heavier weights, so past about 400 yards the 165 and 180 grain loads catch and pass it. Pick the weight for the country you hunt.

Specifications

Range Notes For This Polymer Tipped Copper Bullet

A polymer tipped copper bullet prints to a different point of impact than the lead core ammunition your rifle was probably sighted in with. Zero with this exact load, foul a clean barrel with a round or two first, then leave the scope alone.

Twist rate is not a concern. Every 300 Winchester Magnum barrel runs 1 in 10, which stabilizes a 150 grain copper bullet easily.

At 3285 fps the Barnes VOR-TX 300 Win Mag 150gr TTSX has velocity to spare and stays above reliable expansion speed past 500 yards in most barrels. Let the barrel cool between strings, and store the ammunition cool and dry so your zero holds.

Lead Free Flat Shooting Magnum Ammunition Availability

Elk and mule deer hunters working open country, anyone who wants the flattest trajectory this cartridge offers, and hunters in lead free required areas will get the most from this lead free flat shooting magnum ammunition. Full factory ballistics are published by Barnes Bullets.

Compare it with the long range Barnes VOR-TX LR 300 Win Mag 190gr LRX, shop more rifle ammunition, or browse the full ammunition selection at MAG5 Firearms.