Really? I have always found gamekings to be some of the softest most frangible lead tip bullets out there. The one's I shot deer with performed almost like a ballistic tip out of my 25-06. I almost never got an exit hole and internally it was like a grenade went off. For that reason I switched to Hornady interlocks which I think are just about as good as it gets for a standard lead tip bullet.

Ihaven't used a coreloc on a deer in a long while but back when I did they usually exited and killed deer pretty well. I must have killed a dump truck load of deer with them here in Alabama out of an old remington 30-06 between the ages of 18 and 24. Never had a problem that wasn't due to me making a bad shot. However I am now 41 so it's been a while since I have used one. I have "heard" (so take this with a grain of internet salt) that the ones being produced now have a thinner copper jacket and therefore are not as tough as the older ones. I cannot confirm that however.I have a friend who uses 120 grain corelocs in his 25-06. He killed 3 deer last year with them and did not report any problems to me.

I have personally never liked a ballistic tip of any kind. Too fragile. Most of the wounded and lost deer horror stories that I have been involved with over the past 7 years involved a ballistic tip, poor penetrationand no blood trail. I guess it's the bowhunter in me but I like an exit hole.