dubbleA said:The TSX might work well in ballistic gelatin but I can vouch that they dont always perform as advertised.
The deer only went 30 yards .... tough crowd!! Anyway, you will find examples like this for every bullet ever made. Terminal performance is subject to statistical probability like anything else. There are far too many examples of near perfect expansion of TSX bullets in game of all shapes and sizes so I think many consider the TSX to be an excellent bullet.
Kachok said:the TTSX seems to be a bit more reliable in the expansion department
The plastic tip offers two advantages. It increases the BC, but a secondary benefit is that the tip shank requires a larger hollow point cavity which aids in expansion. A common misconception is the the tip somehow helps in expansion directly and this is not the case. The tip typically breaks away from the bullet "long" before expansion starts. This is true for the TTSX at least.