reynolds357
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Anyone used them?
Accuracy?
Performance on game?
Accuracy?
Performance on game?
They still have them available as factory seconds. Were there any visible defects with the factory seconds? I might order them instead of regular ones.I have some loaded up for my .30-06 but haven’t been able to try them. Midway had them as factory seconds a while back so I figured I’d try them. 150gr. Put all my effort into a .338-06 this year and ran out of time before hunting season.
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They still have them available as factory seconds. Were there any visible defects with the factory seconds? I might order them instead of regular ones.
My understanding there is no core, its a monolithic gilded bullet. I am guessing its like the orig Barnex X before they put the pressure relieving bands on them.Nosler book states " Due to internal construction differences , always begin with starting loads when using E-Tip products." Not exactly sure why, would guess the core and jacket are not bonded? or the core is soft? Might spin the jacket loose from the core?
I haven't tried the E-Tip yet, so I have no evidence of this, just a guess. if I can find cheap 30cal E-Tips there is a good chance I will find out .
Nosler book states " Due to internal construction differences , always begin with starting loads when using E-Tip products." Not exactly sure why, would guess the core and jacket are not bonded? or the core is soft? Might spin the jacket loose from the core?
Hopefully Nosler will eventually do what Barnes did and eliminate the problem. You can now load Barnes as hit if not hotter than cup and core.The reduced powder charge is both due to length, as Jmr40 said, and because the copper is solid and not a shell with a soft core, like a cup-and-core bullet design, is it harder to push it into the rifling. In the QuickLOAD program, the default start pressure for solids is 180% of the jacketed bullet start pressure for this reason. That means pressure has to get higher before the bullet goes into the throat, and when the pressure gets a head start building up like that, it reaches the peak before the bullet has moved as far down the barrel, so the expanded powder space is smaller, raising the peak pressure it reaches.
When did they change it? I see no mention of change in link.
In shooting X, Tsx, Ttsx, and Gmx, my observation is every bullet behaves different in every rifle. Some like huge jump, some like no jump. Crimp has always hurt accuracy in my experience.From what i've seen, the mono bullets mostly recommend a jump of at least 0.050" off the lands.
While many have disputed it, i've found that a crimp has helped. My theory is it allows some extra pressure to build before the bullet starts moving and get a better running start before getting to the lands.