Here's a bullet from live "deer media" testing. It's the first I've collected. They usually pass through.

.45/300 Hornady XTP, non magnum bullet.
MMP standard short black sabot
85 Grains BH209
CCI Magnum Primer
Range: 90 Yards
Estimated Velocity:
Muzzle: 1680
Impact: 1367
Deer field dressed weight: 130 pounds

Attached pdf pictures are better if you choose view and then rotate clockwise 90 degrees. (conversion from .jpg to .pdf rotated them)

Target Angle: Quartering away
Entry: Just ahead of last rib (Picture 1).
Exit: Ribs above brisket, then through opposite shoulder flesh (Picture 2) breaking upper leg bone just below ball joint (Picture 3).
Recovered bullet under hide over upper leg (Pictures 4 -7).

The bullet traveled about 23" through deer media.

Ron's test setup seems to be a good compare. In his test, the bullet passed through 4 jugs. That bullet looks more compressed. At 80 grains and 20 yards, velocity may be about 180 fps faster.

devastating wound channel there. Thanks for posting.

That looks like some pretty darn good bullet performance to me. I really like the XTPs. I have the 300 gr version in both .429" and .451" for my 50 cals and use the 200 gr 10mm ones in my .45. I've never lost a deer using either.

Yep! The non-magnum XTP in 240, 250, 300 - plus the Harvester Scorpion PT Golds in 240, 260 and 300, are the best bang for your buck when deer hunting.

looks like the bullet performed great! I have a pile of those and am itching to load some up but i have a small quantity of the old 300gr. nosler partitions left i want to get rid of. Been my go to projectile

Use those Partitions. Don't get rid of them. Good bullet.

Nice. Perfect mushroom. I use the same bullet with a 100gr charge of Pyrodex in my Knight DISC.
Its all you need!

This was thru a wet newspaper media test

Thanks for the confirmation on this bullet!! Can't ask for more as long as its placed right!

I to pour sour milk - but I can not praise really any Hornady bullets even though they are praised by most.

They come apart in under stress. If you stay within the velocity range they seem to work well but at the top of end of the velocity range you will find in SOME case the copper completely stripped from the lead and the lead spattered through out the chest cavity, or under the surface of the hide on the other side.



The animal will succumb to the wound at some point - but there are such better bullets on the market why not shot them. You might consider a .458 bullet instead of the .452 bullets. .458 (45-70) are rifle bullets and will hold up much better to the velocities of a modern muzzleloader.

Another example...



Sorry bout the bah-humbug

I'm using the 44/300 regular and 45/300 XTP Mag and keeping bullet speeds down (80 grains BH209), so hopefully the Mag version expands, instead of pencils-thru.