There was a usable blood trail and that is good. The deer only went thirty yards but it was over a shelf in the woods, straight down. Had there been more vegetation, the trail would've come in handy. I too liked the ease of loading with the 270gr. PB but I'm not married to it. I did not save the bullet so I cannot post a pic. It was almost completely pancaked with only the last 1/8" of the bullet recognizable as bullet. Reminded me of denseflat wad of aluminum foil. I noticed that the platinum seems to fragment into much smaller pieces than a copper bullet. Almost grains.
By the way, I was able to load fairly easily after 4 shots throughout the day with the PB's. And cleaning the Apex wasn't as bad as I thought either. Hot Soapy water followed by bore blaster and finished off with some Hoppe's did the trick. I may not have needed the Hoppe's but I did it anyhow. Breech Plug was cleaned with a similar concoction and all went well.