Reviews & Ratings for Barnes Vor-Tx Long Range Centerfire .30-06 Springfield 175 grain LRX Boat Tail Centerfire Rifle Ammunition — 3 reviews — Page 1

I tested Barnes Vor-Tx LR 30.06 175 grain ammo against Barnes Vor-Tx 30.06 180 grain ammo in my Bergara B-14 Hunter (24” barrel) and in my Weatherby Vanguard 2 (24” barrel). At 50 and 100 yards, the two cartridges had very similar performance. At 100 yards, I shot multiple 3 shot groups with front and rear bag rests, and overlaid the shots on a single target. Both rifles printed all shots for both the 175 grain and 180 grain bullets within a 2” square with essentially the same average impact point. I consider the 175 grain bullets to be interchangeable with the 180 grain bullets in my rifles out to 100 yards. The 175 grain bullets have a slightly higher ballistic coefficient which may result in different performance beyond 100 yards, maybe better. I plan to compare the cartridges at longer distances later. I plan to use the 175 grain LR cartridges as my choice of hunting cartridges moving forward. The 175 grain bullets had a measured average muzzle velocity of 2855 fps in my Bergara B-14.

I ran this ammo and others through my 30-06 at the range. This ammo performed more consistently and provided more accuracy than others with 180 grain bullets. I’m looking forward to hunting elk with these copper rounds. I’ll know more when I harvest one since this is the first time I’ll be using ammo with all copper bullets during a hunt.