I have heard alot of views, good and bad. From my personal experience I used that bullet for the first time last season out of my 270. Shot a deer at 75 yards, at that distance the bullet would be at a pretty high velocity. I had no blow up on the front side and an exit hole the size of a 50 cent piece. Don' t know if it was luck, the bullet met no major obstruction or good performance but I was very happy with it. I' ll continue to use them as they are very accurate out of my gun. Only thing that concerns me is the molley coating, can' t seem to get a good answer on if it is really harmful to the barrel, I guess only time will tell.