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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 337385" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Howdy elkhunter, welcome to the discussion.</p><p> </p><p>It's interesting to read and hear different experiences with various guns, powder, bullets, etc. In contrast to you, I have had nothing but but good results with Noslers - Partitions, AB's, Ballisitic Silvertips and E-Tips, in all the rifles I have shot them in.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically related to this thread, my best groups in load development for my Sendero 300 RUM have been .4" @ 212 yds and 1.8" @ 427 yds with 180 E-Tips. When my rifle isn't over fouled, it will shoot these bullets consistantly at about .5 MOA out to 500 yds so far. So apparantly in some rifles they shoot well. I've also done some load work with the 200 AB's and they shot well, but I ran out of them and didn't get anymore because I was satisfied with the results I was getting from the E-Tips.</p><p> </p><p>Another thing about Barnes bullets is that they have relatively low BC's which is not good for LR shooting. That being said, accuracy is more important than BC, but there are a lot of bullets to go through before you get down to the Barnes on the BC scale. And they are all proven killers in one way or another. I did some load development with 168 TTSX's in my 300 WSM a while back and found that their tips were a little on the delicate side. They didn't take rough handling very well. I broke off 2 cycling them through the action and a couple more when pulling bullets out of the cases. The E-Tips seem to be more rugged.</p><p> </p><p>Have you tried the E-Tips yet? They are a great bullet with a good BC, and they will get a lot farther down ranges than the TSX/TTSX's.</p><p> </p><p>Regards,</p><p> </p><p>Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 337385, member: 11717"] Howdy elkhunter, welcome to the discussion. It's interesting to read and hear different experiences with various guns, powder, bullets, etc. In contrast to you, I have had nothing but but good results with Noslers - Partitions, AB's, Ballisitic Silvertips and E-Tips, in all the rifles I have shot them in. Specifically related to this thread, my best groups in load development for my Sendero 300 RUM have been .4" @ 212 yds and 1.8" @ 427 yds with 180 E-Tips. When my rifle isn't over fouled, it will shoot these bullets consistantly at about .5 MOA out to 500 yds so far. So apparantly in some rifles they shoot well. I've also done some load work with the 200 AB's and they shot well, but I ran out of them and didn't get anymore because I was satisfied with the results I was getting from the E-Tips. Another thing about Barnes bullets is that they have relatively low BC's which is not good for LR shooting. That being said, accuracy is more important than BC, but there are a lot of bullets to go through before you get down to the Barnes on the BC scale. And they are all proven killers in one way or another. I did some load development with 168 TTSX's in my 300 WSM a while back and found that their tips were a little on the delicate side. They didn't take rough handling very well. I broke off 2 cycling them through the action and a couple more when pulling bullets out of the cases. The E-Tips seem to be more rugged. Have you tried the E-Tips yet? They are a great bullet with a good BC, and they will get a lot farther down ranges than the TSX/TTSX's. Regards, Mark [/QUOTE]
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