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Just bought some Nosler E-Tip .25 100 gr. for my 257 Roberts and 25/06 and wonder how they compare to the Barnes bullet for shooting game? Thanks PJ
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Haven't been able to get em to shoot in my 7 yet.... keep trying but just no luck.
I don't see that the terminal end will be any different to speak of though.
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I've tried a few different E-tips but like Rost, haven't been able to get 'em to shoot as good as TSXs yet.
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Gentleman, try seating E-tips just off the lands. The have shot phenomenal for me when loaded like this and not worth a crap when loaded to the recommended .050.
As for terminal performance. I will let you know in a week or so. From shooting them into media it looks like the E tip opens up a bit wider than the TSX.
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I shoot 130 gr. eTips in my Tikka T3 .270, running 1.5-1.75 inch groups at 200 yards at 3190 fps. Worked on a nice Mule Deer this year.
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Gentleman, try seating E-tips just off the lands. The have shot phenomenal for me when loaded like this and not worth a crap when loaded to the recommended .050. Thanks for the tip. Haven't tried that yet.
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Gentleman, try seating E-tips just off the lands. The have shot phenomenal for me when loaded like this and not worth a crap when loaded to the recommended .050.
As for terminal performance. I will let you know in a week or so. From shooting them into media it looks like the E tip opens up a bit wider than the TSX. The TTSX also opens up a bit wider than the TSX 
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I would use whichever one grouped the best from rifle.
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Gentleman, try seating E-tips just off the lands. The have shot phenomenal for me when loaded like this and not worth a crap when loaded to the recommended .050.
As for terminal performance. I will let you know in a week or so. From shooting them into media it looks like the E tip opens up a bit wider than the TSX. The TTSX also opens up a bit wider than the TSX The Etip and TTSX open up about the same from my testing. The Etips shot better for me and have better BC so thats what I am using. I am not crazy about Barnes, but would use em giving the game I am targeting this year. IN fact my back up gun is stoked with TSX's.
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Gentleman, try seating E-tips just off the lands. The have shot phenomenal for me when loaded like this and not worth a crap when loaded to the recommended .050.
As for terminal performance. I will let you know in a week or so. From shooting them into media it looks like the E tip opens up a bit wider than the TSX. Wish I could... freebore is such that I can't get to the leade without a longer mag box....
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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In my experience (around 20 animals up to big bull elk) the E-Tip works just about like the TTSX, opening a little wider andaking a little bigger wound channel than the TSX.
Penetration has always been plenty. Have only recovered two, both 180 .30's, from quartering-on shots through the shoulder on blue wildebeest and bull elk. Weight retention was 100% in each bullet.
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Hard to argue with these: ![[Linked Image]](http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh250/firstcoueswas80/AFRICA2010230.jpg)
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Hard to argue with these: What caliber/weight and what were they recovered from?
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Nice to see some recovered. IOE very infrequent These were from a 35 Whelen, all quartering away, Mule Deer, Elk, Moose, all 200 yds +, all one shot kills. 225 TSX. These are all fine bullets (Barnes, Nosler, Hornady) and can't imagine any significant difference in terminal ballistics. So it comes down to what your rifle likes the best. (pardon the color rendition, could Photoshop it but results are clear) ![[Linked Image]](http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z231/leadloader/barnes35s.jpg)
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WiFowler:
Those are 168 TTSX fired from a .300 wsm. The one on the left was from a Red Heartabeast at 225 yards.
The one on the right is from a Black Springbok, facing on shot. 183 yards.
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