bc,thanks for the reply.as you said, i have several guns and could take whitetails with any of them including my .22 and .17 hmr which would both be legal to use.my question is basicly,for flat shooting, which bullet is the best for expansion with minimal meat loss. what exactly is the spire point compared to the other types ie.ballistic,corelokt,hp etc. ?i have used the corelokt all my life in .270 and 30-06 with no problems.i chose the wby brand and spire point only because of the accuracy of the groups,i only took one whitetail with the .300 and it was a neck shot at 50 yards which did not tell me anything about the sp.any bullet would have done the same thing.