Wolfhound76
I agree with you that is what Hornady says the performance range is, but I got to tell you I have shot this bullet a bunch and it will perform. It will put the deer down.
The 240 XTP (pistol bullet) does not have great numbers either but it certainly has killed a lot of animals.
I do not have my range book handy but pglasgow's estimate of 2250 seems right near what I was getting across my chrono.
I have recovered several bullets shot into sand and clay and they hold together just fine - they are certainly distorted but they are there. I have not seen any sign of blowup/fragmentation except when i shoot basalt rocks.
Just my opinion but I think you might be underestimating that bullet on thin skinned animals....
Pittsburghunter
Yeh, think about it there is a reason we don't use hollowpointed bullets in .308 rifles.
Well that is not entirely right either - Barnes seems to be making a pretty good living producing X-bullets (hollow points) for big game rifles.
cayugad
It is a hand gun bullet as most of any of the jacketed bullets we shoot - from what I am seeing from my own trials and from I have found out from other people - that bullet will work on deer just fine - It will not give you the long range performance of a 10mm 200 grain SST or SW. It will, although, work better than the SST/SW at close range. At close ranges the SST/SW tend to pass right through - rapidly... the animal is dead but it might not realize it right away.
Don't give up on it - I bet you will like it...