mine are like yours also...and i like the fastest expanding bullet i can find....people say hollow points and nosler balistic tips are the most destructive and expand the fastest and things like that..my dad uses noslers and my friend let me reload this year and i used 165gr sierra game king HPBTs this year...both performed equally..same holes same internal damage....both worked perfect for me and my dad this year...one of my shots was 45 or so and the other was about 20-30 i cant really remember...it was my first buck and i got caught in the moment and didnt think about anything but get him!...my dads was about 35-40 and the other was about 25-30...he uses an 06 also...165gr federal nbts......thats what we use and thats what works for us....i used 165 gr corelokts one year....i hit 2 deer...poor hits because of a broke cheap scope...but one there was a tiny blood trail for 20yds or so and the other i found one drop of blood...sure alot of things could have hapend like something plugging holes or something like that..but broadside at 30yds with a 3006 all my exit holes have been quarter sized atleast...blood poors out of these things....not with the corelokts...i dont know if they werent opening or exploding on impact or what but they were terrible if you ask me....sure they wernt great hits but they were in the vacinity of a vital hit...just not right on the mark.....good luck