For those of us who love experimenting, the monolithic alloy hunting bullets made by Nosler and Hornady are great choices for hunting short range or long because the bullets maintain up to 95% of their weight and leave no lead behind.
I resist shooting soft all copper bullets as they tend to create copper fouling that is hard to remove.
Nosler’s Expansion Tip aka the E-Tip is a copper alloy bullet that is harder than all copper bullets and leaves your barrel fouled as normal gilding copper jacketed bullets do. I like that because having hard to remove heavy deposits of soft copper can create confidence issues when I test a bullet for group. Was it the bullet, the powder, seating depth or the copper fouling I can’t get out of my barrel from shooting soft copper?
Nosler offers the E- Tip for many calibers. I have experience taking a 300 pound boar with its thick shield and the 30 caliber E-Tip devastated the boar.
The exit wound below!
The Hornady GMX (Game Expanding) bullet is another fine spitzer style bullet that has a polymer tip to initiate expansion like the Nosler E-Tip. They offer a vimeo that I can’t show you here unless you go their website.
Quote they state:
“Featuring a long, sleek profile with cannelures, the design reduces overall bearing surface and drag, while achieving some of the highest ballistic coefficients from monolithic, non-traditional bullets. Initiating expansion upon impact, the hard polymer tip drives into the hollow cavity at the front of the bullet, creating a mushroom-style projectile as it travels through the animal. Fully California compatible and appropriate for use in areas requiring the use of non-traditional bullets, GMX® is ideal for any sized game, from antelope to moose.”
https://www.hornady.com/bullets/rifle/30-cal-308-180-gr-gmx#!/
I have not tested the GMX on game yet but it is reported to be highly successful in expansion critical to delivering tremendous energy inside game as its petals expand just like the Nosler’s.
Check them out!
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