I have taken in excess of thirty head of big game including over two dozen deer(most at least 250 lbs with several over 300lbs live weight) with ballistic tips.Not one made it fifty yards and most dropped on the spot.The bullets used were the 100gr ballistic tip out of my 257weatherby and 140gr ballistic tip out of my 7mmstw.In both cases muzzle velocity was 3500fps.The vast majority did exit even at these high velocities.