If my count is correct, i shot 3 deer with XTP. Them deer came home with, and went into the freezer.

Also i have tested XTP by shooting them into juice jug filled with water.

One deer that fell to the XTP left gut material on the snow when it ran off. This led me to believe i had gut shot it, but it turned out it was shot through both lungs. The diaphragm was pierced by something which then pierced the gut. At the time i thought it was pieces of rib bone, but thinking back on it, i am inclined to think the XTP bullet kinda came apart, and a piece of the bullet went through the diaphragm, and gut. Can't say for sure.

One thing i know for sure is, if i had nothing but XTP bullet, i would certainly be confident in using them on deer. It is my experience, XTP bullet will shoot right through deer, with no problem.

The dirt behind where i place targets, contains hundreds and hundreds of bullets that were shot from my rifles. The Deep Curl, and Nosler, and Barnes bullets are mostly all in one piece. Virtually every XTP bullet i have found in the dirt is in pieces. XTP bullets don't hold up when shooting rocks, and dirts, as well as other bullets do. Myself, i don't know anyone that hunts rocks and dirts.