ORIGINAL: Nolehoe
Don't forget about the Barnes bullets all three are great, I currently shoot the Spitfire because I read somewhere (chuckhawks site I think) that they are slightly smaller and easier to load in the tight bored Omega/Encore. They are still plenty tuff to load (I personally can't tell that they are any easier to load-I usually look like this while loading [:@]) but shoot great.
Some guys like 300 grainers and others 250 grainers, I myself am a 250 man for deer. My spitfires I think are 245gr. with a BC of .203
I started out with shockwaves and still shoot them at the range, they group really well in my gun. But I think if I were to buy some for hunting I would get the bonded ones (blue tip). Shot a doe with a regular SW there was an exit but not a big one and the wound channel was littered with fragments, it did the job but I prefer a bullet that will hold together.
I have no experience with the Speer GDHP but have seen some impressive pics of recovered bullets and alot a people on here seem to really like them.
Here is a buck I took year before last with a Barnes Spitfire 245 (didn't sqeeze the trigger last year)
I believe Barnes are great bullets. I intend to shoot a Barnes next year IF IT WILL FLY in my SAVAGE either the Spitfire MZ 300g, the 45-70 Triple shock or the 275g XPB .452 pistol bullet. My first choice is the .45-70 triple shock, since it has a highter ballistic coefficient and available in 300g, which is my choice for deer (big deer-anything will kill a small deer). I have tried the TMZ and the Knight Untimate Slam, which is an Xbullet. Both were not that accurate in my gun. I may have to shoot a different sabot to get the good groups. That is a Feb, March and April thing. Chap Gleason