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Tipped VS OTM/HP
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1672544" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>I saw that comparison as well, and was somewhat surprised at the lack of information. They do give velocity loss, but fail to mention the initial starting velocity amd impact velocity for most of them, and also do not compare similar bullets. They used the 212 eld-x, the highest bc 30 cal eld-x hornady makes, but then compare it to bullets up to 30 grains lighter. For comparison reasons, a Berger 210 vld (or 215 hybrid, if they researched what berger bullet is used more for hunting), and 210 ablr would have been a better example of individual bullet types in the same catagory, but instead they cherry picked the eld line (which was somewhat newly introduced at the time....hmmmm....) and selected sub par bullets from Berger and Nosler. Not saying that the tipped vs hollow point argument is invalid, just pointing out, I do feel that was somewhat aimed at a marketing strategy. It would be interesting to have more info on that specific test though, such as the density of ballistic gel used, initial velocity/impact velocity of each bullet, and also see a more apples to apples comparison of the three top bullets usually chosen for long range hunting. Barbour creek is doing a better job at that though, and remaining more transparent. They also have some interesting results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1672544, member: 87243"] I saw that comparison as well, and was somewhat surprised at the lack of information. They do give velocity loss, but fail to mention the initial starting velocity amd impact velocity for most of them, and also do not compare similar bullets. They used the 212 eld-x, the highest bc 30 cal eld-x hornady makes, but then compare it to bullets up to 30 grains lighter. For comparison reasons, a Berger 210 vld (or 215 hybrid, if they researched what berger bullet is used more for hunting), and 210 ablr would have been a better example of individual bullet types in the same catagory, but instead they cherry picked the eld line (which was somewhat newly introduced at the time....hmmmm....) and selected sub par bullets from Berger and Nosler. Not saying that the tipped vs hollow point argument is invalid, just pointing out, I do feel that was somewhat aimed at a marketing strategy. It would be interesting to have more info on that specific test though, such as the density of ballistic gel used, initial velocity/impact velocity of each bullet, and also see a more apples to apples comparison of the three top bullets usually chosen for long range hunting. Barbour creek is doing a better job at that though, and remaining more transparent. They also have some interesting results. [/QUOTE]
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