Nosler's Expansion Tip 120-grain E-Tip is a .260 Remington load for shooters who want a lead-free bullet. The E-Tip is Nosler's copper bullet with a polymer tip and no lead core. It leaves the muzzle at 2,950 fps with 2,320 ft-lbs of energy.

Compared with Barnes VOR-TX 120-grain TTSX, the E-Tip is an even match at the muzzle. Both are tipped copper bullets of the same weight, both leave the muzzle at 2,950 fps, and both kick the same in the same rifle. Compared with Fort Scott Munitions' 123-grain TUI, a solid copper bullet, the E-Tip is slower and softer to shoot. The Fort Scott load leaves the muzzle at 3,026 fps, 76 fps faster than the E-Tip, with 2,501 ft-lbs of energy, and it kicks about 8 percent harder in the same rifle.

Buy the E-Tip if you want a lead-free 120-grain bullet and less recoil than the Fort Scott load. Pick the Barnes VOR-TX TTSX if you would rather use Barnes's tipped copper bullet, which Barnes markets for big and medium game; nothing separates the two at the muzzle. Pick the Fort Scott Munitions TUI if muzzle speed matters more to you than recoil. If you also shoot paper and steel, Hornady markets its 130-grain ELD Match as a target load; it leaves the muzzle 110 fps slower than the E-Tip and kicks about 12 percent harder in the same rifle.