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We got rained out of work this morning so I killed some time and a few phonebooks.

Cartridge-.300 WSM
Bullets-150 TTSX, 150 Ballistic Tip and 150 E-Tip
Range-10 feet
Impact velocity-3150fps



Bullets entered from the right and stopped at the arrows.

150 TTSX went 15".
150 BT and ET went about 10-11".

An identical test made last spring resulted in...
180 Accubond 11".
180 Partition 16".
180 TSX 18".
(2950fps impact)

I was quite surprised that the BT and ET stopped at nearly the same page. Figured that the ET would have ended up somewhere between the TTSX and the BT.


Bullet gack...



Width at widest point(L-R).
ET-.685"
BT-.676"
TTSX-.620"



Retained weight.
ET-149 grains/99%.
BT-90 grains/60%.
TTSX-149.5 grains/99%.



The ET clearly has a deeper 'tip cavity' than the TTSX.


Anyway, thought you people might enjoy viewing my big 'hunt'.

I really need to quit killin' books and do a real test this fall.