A few weeks ago I was at Gunsite testing some rifle bullets from a .308 Winchester. We tested two loads; Winchester’s new 150 gr. Razorback and their 150 gr. Ballistic Silvertip. The Razorback is a new bullet Winchester is marketing for hog hunting. It is a monolithic bullet, meaning; it is made of one solid piece of gilding metal. Their Ballistic Silvertip load uses the Nosler Ballistic Tip bullet, it just has a black oxide coating and a silver colored tip. Both were fired from the same rifle and impacted the 10% gelatin at just about the same velocity. The Ballistic Silvertip had a recovered diameter of 0.57 inch and retained 74% of its weight. The Razorback deformed to a diameter of 0.64 inch and retained 100% of tis weight. Which one do you think penetrated the deepest?
I was a bit surprised. A lot of folks talk smack about the Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets but I’d shoot just about anything with this one. It penetrated two inches deeper than the Razorback and it looked to me like it chewed up a bit more of the gel block. Of course, more internal damage is common when you compare a lead core bullet with a monolithic bullet.
None of this is to discount the Razorback bullet. This thing will kill any hog, anywhere. Even zombie hogs I’m sure. It is even loaded with flash suppressing powder which is a great thing if you are hunting at night. I guess the point of all this is that you should not just assume that because one bullet is marketed for a certain purpose that it will penetrate deeper or cause more damage than another bullet that many think is only good for paper and varmints.
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yes I’m a firm believer in Nosler ballistic tip bullets as well they’ve always performed great for me. I’ve killed hogs in excess of 400 pounds with Nosler ballistic tips and had complete pass throughs even after going through the shield and shoulder bone. Plus most Nosler ballistic tip bullets have a higher ballistic coefficient , which make them better even at longer distances. I admit I only use the Nosler hunting ballistic tip bullets never the varmint bullets.
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Having reloaded Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets for nearly 30yrs, I would actually be offended to listen to armchair types criticize their performance and quality assurance processes. I’ve loaded them in .308, .338, .351 and .223 with wonderful accuracy results. After hunting with Ballistic tips, I’m DEAD SOLD on them as the best all around bullet made. I do like the Barnes line, and I have some old nostalgic hand loads that have Sierra Matchking HP’s that group like the dickens and work well on anything in Texas including Nilgai.
I can say that if I were told I could have ANY powder I want but only one type of bullet to reload the rest of my waning days…. I’d say send me a truckload of Nosler Ballistic Tips AND LEAVE ME ALONE.