Originally Posted by
Breechplug
I've shot most bullets out there, and the No.1 Winner hands down for accuracy and Exceptional Devestation is the 240Gr XTP. I have NEVER lost an animal hit with a 240 Gr XTP even on a not so good hit. I've had fist size entrance holes, excellant fragmentation and knock down power, with pleanty of blood. I've used Powerbelts and they worked O.K. but when I tried the XTP's I could'nt believe what they did. Give em a try and Im sure you'll be pleased. And Practice, Practice, Practice, you owe your best shot to the Animals you hunt.
Ron
Back "in the day", I killed dozens of deer with 240gr HTPs (I believe these were replaced by the XTP) until I could not get them anymore, in my first ML a Traditions Deerhunter. The single deer I shot with an XTP was DOA though the recovered bullet was not expanded as much as I'd like.
Which takes me back to my refrain, "deer was DOA, they're all about the same", everything else doesn't really matter. HTP, XTP, SST, SW, Dead Center, QT, Keith Nose....they are all the same to me in terms of terminal performance (these are the ones I actually have whitetail kills with). The only one that gave me an unexpectedly long run was the one I expected it least from, the 300gr soft lead Keith Nose. Shot a doe through both lungs, no exit, diagonal shot with about 2ft of penetration, and she ran 200 yds and only stopped then as she got bogged down in a snow-filled ditch.