This afternoon, the XTP bullet was shot through the test. Range was 25 yard. Powder charge was 80g Blackhorn.























Photo shows how the front jug is flattened. The second jug had the bottom blown out, and took a flight. The third jug has a hole in and out. The fourth jug held the bullet, and a small piece of lead. The fifth jug was undamaged. The bullet weighs 205 grain.

This is excellent! My trusty XTP ;-)

Seems like more than enough bullet for little old whitetails. Or even big old ones for that matter.

I agree. Nothing wrong with that.

Yep Yep, another winner winner deer dinner!

It's a decent bullet. It killed 20-25 deer and dozens of wild hogs for me.

Decent?
In that price/performance category, name a few that are better and available today?

Yeah, it's a good bullet unless the muzzle velocity is too high. At velocities over about 1,800 fps the bullet can fragment. When i got back into muzzleloading in 1999 i used the 240 grain .430 XTP bullet with 130-150 grains of Pyrodex RS. Deer hit in the heart/lung area routinely bang flopped. Sometimes the off side of the body cavity looked like it was sprayed with shotgun pellets.

One day i messed up and shot a big doe in the shoulder at about 25 yards. At the shot there was a spray of blood and gore and i saw the shoulder bone exposed. Took me a long time to find and dispatch that deer. Immediately reduced my powder charges: No more problems.

The only one that matches overall in that price/performance and availability is the XTP Mag version of the same bullet. I'm talking 44 and 45-cal.