Anyone tried these yet??I just read about them on the Nosler web site.Looks alot like the Barnes X.

I hadn't heard of them, but they sound interesting.

Thanks for pointing it out.

Kyler

Surprise, surprise! Nosler finally joined the bandwagon of progress. I remember Nosler telling everyong that one "must have LEAD" in a bullet.

I suspect these will join all the other copper made bullets, with excellent hunting results, and that is what we all want ultimately.

If the bullet pictured is a 180 grain 30 caliber then it is really long for that weight. I wonder how it will work as far as case capacity and if standard twists will stabilize it.

465H&H

Looks interesting, since I already use and swear by Accubonds.
Question...will they both impact in the same place and have the same trajectory as long as the powder charge is identical??

As I understand it, the EU is banning bullets containing lead, in '08. (More eco BS.) Nosler is trying to keep some of it's market share.

Keith

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Originally posted by Wolfgar:
Looks interesting, since I already use and swear by Accubonds.
Question...will they both impact in the same place and have the same trajectory as long as the powder charge is identical??

I think this might depend on the rifle. We have some that seem to put all bullets of varying makes very close together, while others tend to spread them around more.

"You got to have a lead core" They said,"The right lead core"

Barnes work perfectly in my main weapon who needs this pretender.

Guilding metal is a far better alloy than pure copper, so to start off with nosler has got it right, bit dissapointing that there are no bands/grooves , as this really drops pressures, peak pressure accures further down the barrel /and there is a greater area under the pressure curve, resulting in higher velocity.
Lead is far superior to copper.....the nosler partition is a far better all round proj than any mono proj....just have a look at the failed 30 cal TSX proj in the medium bore forum!!
Daniel

Looks like a Lapua Naturalis.

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Originally posted by Die Ou Jagter:
Barnes work perfectly in my main weapon who needs this pretender.

If they both work good, why not shoot which ever one is the most accurate in a particular rifle.

I've been testing them for an upcoming article in Shooting Times. I am in Australia at the moment on my way to hunt with Matt Graham, but I just came from New Zealand where I shot a tahr with them. Unfortunately, the article was due just before I left so that won't make it, but we shot 5 animals with it in Texas right efore I left. They ranged from 80 to about 400 pounds with great results. I don't have my notes here and am a bit too messed up with the time change to expound on the technical aspects, but I the E-Tip.

Just FYI, the Tejon Ranch in CA banned all lead bulets effective January 1, 2008. I won't be surprised to see more such maneuvering in te comng years, so the more lead-free options, the better as far as I'm concerned.

Greg, one of the issues I have been waiting to get input on is how badly do these bulets foul?? In Barnes' mono metal bullets fouling was significantly reduced when the rings (or driveng bands?) were added with the TSX. With the E-Tip not having any such feature, I have wondered how badly they will foul barrels.

Any input on that from your (preliminary) tests??

- mike

In my testing, they fouled less. It seems the gilding metal and the lubalox coating combine to reduce fouling.

Thanks Greg. So the bullets you tested actually came with a Lubalox coating??

I had looked at the bullets on this page: http://www.nosler.com/index.php?p=3&bullet=20 and there the unfired bullet looks as if it is uncoated. But the fired ones do actually look coated...

- mike

Yep, they're coated.