31 October 2010, 06:03
DocANYONE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS BULLET?
Winchester XP3 bulletAny opinions on how this compares to the Federal/Speer trophy bonded tipped bullet, the Barnes MRX, etc? Looks to me mostly like the MRX.
Can the xp3 be purchased for reloading?
31 October 2010, 10:50
sagithe xp3 reminds me of the old winchester fail safe... but with a polymer tip. the barnes MRX is similar but has a "heavier than lead" insert, and costs WAY more than I'm willing to pay for components. I can't tell if the xp3 is just lead or some fancy metal. either way I like the design more than the solid TSX bullets
I'm not seeing any of the xp3 for sale as components yet...
31 October 2010, 21:25
Docme either. I did a quick search last night and came up with nada.
31 October 2010, 21:35
Fish30114Doc, never found them available as components, and you are right, they are real close to an MRX. I shot a bunch of them (40) in factory ammo--308 150 gr in my 308 with a Kostyshyn barreled Sako 75 in custom McMillan Edge stock, barrel I got from a real good guy I know

on a hunt in Texas.
Blistered through the 3 whitetails like a TSX or whatever, pencil in, pencil out, but probably more on point, they were awesome on hogs. Put the hammer down on over a dozen BIG feral pigs at that ranch. I actually liked these bullets perfromance, and they were very accurate out of this rig.
01 November 2010, 01:15
DocHey, I've been meaning to ask you how that 308 turned out. Did you ever get anything completed with the 308 Obermeyer? I used mine on a Sako 308 and it is doing very well.