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Old 08-30-2012, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by sheephunter View Post
First off, frontal area and expanded diameter are two very different things. The TSX expands well but with voids between the expanded petals you lose frontal area. The GMX better mimics a bonded bullet's frontal area with no voids.

Secondly, I think Hornady is a little more honest in their advertising. I haven't recovered many GMX bullets but the few I have are all 2x expanded with virtually 100% weight retention....pretty well identical to the handful of TSX I've recovered.

Here you go...don't get too hung up on overall diameter as these are all different calibre bullets but it gives va good picture of frontal area.

so what are the bullets you show here... listed from left to right plz....?
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