I've found that bullet on the soft side for anything but rib shots...

Personally, i've had better performance with Speer bullets than i have with Hornandy... but if i had to pick the best all around bulletsi've ever used on big game, it would be Nosler partitions by far.

My 280 mountain rifle loves Speer 145 boat tails, and is very accurate with them. I've harvested white and blk tails with them, also blk. bear and caribou, but i also consider them to be on the soft side... just not as soft as 140 BT's...

DM