I had a deer shot in the high shoulder at 265 yards and a bear shot behind the shoulder at 40 yards that the bullet exploded on impact and left a hole about the size of softball on the entrance side. Both animals dropped in their tracks. I have shot four other deer in the past two years with the same bullets at ranges from 30 to 120 yards and all went down with one shot. This is using a 165 grain remington accu-tip out of my 30-06. While they have done the job, I am switching to bonded bullets because of what I'm afraid would happen if I hit the shoulder bone directly. Accuracy has been outstanding.