Yep, more people shooting monos all the time, by choice or law. That's the part that surprises me. Hammers and Barnes are mentioned daily... monos have their place and are here to stay.Since they are lead free, are there really that many people shooting them?
Thank you for the actual experienced answer.I've tried them in 3 different cartridges and couldn't get the accuracy results I desired, and they run slower than like lead weight bullets. I think there is better technology out there for monos
I have recovered only one on an elk. It unfortunately didn't perform very well in that case and only that case, petals sheered off and half the bullet was under other side hide. We have probably killed 6 or 8 animals with them now, all others were pass through. I know some bullets from all manufacturers are going to have failures. I can accept that. I've been in Barnes ballistic lab and actually seen some of their failures. That was neat.It really does not help to forward an opinion based on something other than experience. The monos are excellent. Of course, they lack the SD of leaded bullets and what that gives to long range performance but I've tried Barnes TSX and TTSX and Hornady GMX with excellent performance on the range and in the field. I have cooked up hunting loads in 270WSM, 308, 270, 338WM. They have opened up without fail on pronghorn and elk. I am not surprised at your E Tip results given their profile and design but I would say they are less popular than Barnes and Hornady. Did you ever recover a bullet?