I have to agree with RR you dont need a premium bullet shooting a 308 for deer. I use a 30-06 and load 165gr GK boattail hp. I have used this load for over 20 years and I cant recall ever losing a deer with this load. They are extremely accurate and blow one heck of a hole. Most of the time I get a complete pass thru, I can only remember a couple of times there wasnt a pass thru.