Waaay back when Sierra came out with there 338-250 grain bullet, i quickly ordered some in. First caribou i shot with them, i could see they were too soft!! A few more animials, and i put them aside for use on deer!!!

Soon after that, Sierra told me they had beefed up the jacket, so i bought a box of the new production ones, and they were tougher!! Too tough for me, and on anything but a big animial where you needed a lot of penetration, they didn't work well... There "window of use" is too narrow for me, i'll stick with NP's!!

Another time i shot a caribou with a 30 cal. 220 RN that was faceing me at 150 yards. It dropped in it's tracks with a center chest hit, but the bullet blew all to bits, and the caribou brisket looked like it had been hit with a bomb!!!

Sad performance, as we was carrying that gun/load to shoot a big brown bear, that was hanging around the hunting area!!! Good thing we didn't catch up with him!

Like everyone says, VERY accurate bullets, but not my first choise for a "big game" bullet!!

Drilling Man