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Why no love for Nosler E-Tips??
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<blockquote data-quote="azarcher10x" data-source="post: 1770540" data-attributes="member: 57286"><p>I've been shooting Barnes for years with excellent results. This years CO elk was taken at 600 yards with a complete pass through and only a 10 yard track job. I have an '06 that bought as a kid. I loaded some 130 gr. XLC's for whitetail back in the day, and had 1.5" groups @ 300 yards. Still have some somewhere! I had heard the E-tips were harder than both Barnes or Hammers, so I've stayed away from trying them. Someone mentioned having petals break off which would indicate a harder more brittle bullet. I only had one Barnes that didn't perform, and that was a 168 TTSX fired from the '06. The shot was 397 yards. Hit the elk high and found the bullet with only the tip mushroomed. I sent a picture to Barnes, and after some research, discovered the bullets were from one of the first batches for the 168, and were designed for magnums only. No issues since!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azarcher10x, post: 1770540, member: 57286"] I've been shooting Barnes for years with excellent results. This years CO elk was taken at 600 yards with a complete pass through and only a 10 yard track job. I have an '06 that bought as a kid. I loaded some 130 gr. XLC's for whitetail back in the day, and had 1.5" groups @ 300 yards. Still have some somewhere! I had heard the E-tips were harder than both Barnes or Hammers, so I've stayed away from trying them. Someone mentioned having petals break off which would indicate a harder more brittle bullet. I only had one Barnes that didn't perform, and that was a 168 TTSX fired from the '06. The shot was 397 yards. Hit the elk high and found the bullet with only the tip mushroomed. I sent a picture to Barnes, and after some research, discovered the bullets were from one of the first batches for the 168, and were designed for magnums only. No issues since! [/QUOTE]
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