A few years ago I quit using NBT's in my rifles smaller than 7mm for game larger than pronghorns. I had a couple of .257" bullets simply go to pieces inside deer at impact velocities around 2,700 fps. One of the deer ran about 300 yards through the hardwoods and was not found for two days. The shot placement was good and no heavy bones were hit but the bullet fragmented at the near side rib cage.

I still use the bullet in my 280 Rem with good results but do not use the smaller diameter bullets for deer.

I understand that Nosler has made some changes in the recent Ballistic Tip Hunting bullet to keep it from fragmenting as quickly. Anyone here have any actual experience with the newer version in the smaller caliber cartridges for deer?