Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles E-Tip vs. TTSX vs. TSX

I'm working on a .240 Wby project, looking at the different bullet selections and how they perform at max vel. The 85 gr. IB's and the 90 SSII's are looking pretty good, both sub-MOA. Haven't checked out the NPT's yet, or the NBT's. The 80 TTSX at 3,600 fps and the 85 TSX at 3,500 fps are both sub MOA.

Has anyone used the 90 gr. E-Tip on deer sized game? I was looking for info on how these bullets compare to the Barnes mono-metals. The 90 gr. E-Tips should be moving at around 3,400 fps.

DF

I don't have any experience with those bullets in that diameter, but a good rule of thumb is if you're looking to launch bullets at above 3k fps, the tougher ones are the way to go. I'd personally narrow it down to e-tips, partitions, accubonds, ttsx or tsx or interbonds, or gmxs, not saying others won't work, that's just what I'm comfortable with, I don't think any of those would be a bad choice.

Yeah, my wife and I have used the 90 E-Tip from a .240 on deer-sized game. It works very well. Don't have any recovered bullets to show you, though!

I have recovered a couple of 180-grain .30 E-Tips from larger animals. They tend to expand wider than TSX's, though not a lot more than TTSX's. I've seen a few small-caliber TSX's fail to expand, but haven't seen that yet from the plastic-tips, one reason I'm only shooting them (whether TTSX's or E-Tips) in calibers from .30 on down.

Those 85gr IB will work great on deer also, which already shoots well out of your rifle, so your search could be over already unless you just want to know how well your rifle likes all those different bullets, the only way to know that is to load them up and shoot'em.

I shot the 100gr .257 E-Tip last season at 3,350fps in my 25-284. There were only a handful of animals killed, but results were nothing unusual (as compared to a Barnes). I would not be afraid of the lighter 6mm mono-bullets at high velocity.

I do want to be an equal opportunity reloader, give all a fair shot...

The 85 gr. IB is on my short list. I was reading opinions that the max performance for the .240 was in the 85-90 gr. range. At 3,500-3,600 fps, a lot of "bullet delivery" impact on game. The IB, reportedly, opens pretty well and retains a fair amount of mass. I finally got the 90 gr. SSII's shooting with Vv N160 at 3,400 or so. It has a slightly better B.C. than the 85 gr. IB, but way down range, not that much difference. They both carry 1,000 ft. pounds out to around 500 yds.

DF

I'd see if the 80gr TTSX shoots well, and if so I wouldn't look back.

Nothing wrong with that, I reload way more than I need to for similar reasons, I just have to know how every bullet I'm interested in shoots and performs in my rifle, a much more expensive approach, but also more fun and extremely addicting.

This HS shoots most most loads pretty well. It's a pleasure to work with, much more so than the .257 Wby. Mark V that I spent so much time with. That Mark V is going to become a 7mm Rem Mag with match chamber, #2 Brux at 24". I know what that round will do.

The .240 will be a light weight deer/antelope rifle and wears a Zeiss 3-9x40. It's flat shooting enough that I won't do a ballistic turret, just hold and shoot. 1 1/2" high, 100 and 200, zero at 250, drops 2 1/2" at 300, 6" at 350, 12" at 400, 18" at 450 and 24" at 500. "One for four, two for five". Just hold over and let'er rip. Not much use trying to shoot light bullets at extended range, anyway. Other guns for that.

DF