Caller,
Below is an excerpt from the orignal post.

"Some recovered bullets for you to see. The ones on the left are 250 grain shockwaves. The one on the right is a 295 grain power belt. Both the shockwaves were fromdeer at around 100 yards. The bullet on the extreme left was actually head on, head down feeding. The bullet went in between the shoulder blades, through the spine, through the vitals and came to rest under the skin on a buttcheak. The second shockwave went in just behind the shoulder and came to rest under the skin on the opposite buttcheak on a 180# buck. over 90% weight retention in both, but the spine shot took allot of damage to the front of the bullet. The other was a very nice mushroom. I shoot 110 grains of 777 and it is a great load in my encore. "

The whole thread can be seen at'

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1363090&mpage=1&key==

My guess is that people aren't haveing good blood because they shoot them like a rifle? I shoot M/L like a bow and try to get a good double lung shot. All the recovered bullets were from deer that were either quartering or facing towards me. Bullet had to go almost full lengthwise and stayed in the deer. I have killed 10 deer with these bullets, three were recovered. All gave excellent blood trails, if the shot was made properly.

My personal choice is that I would rather have the improved ballistics beyond 100 yards that the polymer tip offers than the huge damage potential of a hollowpoint.

R
Hank