any one know how this bullet performs on deer? what kind of damage was done? did you get a exit wound? if not what did the bullet look like when recoverd?

I have not had personal experience with the ballistic silvertip but i haev seen a comirshaw by winchester that says more and more deer and falling to that type of bullet. i would guess it is good on deer.

I replied in the deer hunting forum.

I think it would be an excellent choice.

they kill deer great just not a very good close range bullet..... they tend to explode at ranges 75 yards or closer and wreck alot of meat. Every deer I have taken beyond 100 yards with them the bullets do there job and leave a nice exit hole but at close ranges the bullets fragment I recovered little bits of copper and small parts lead of one from a 60 yard shot on a doe destroyed alot of meat when I processed it I should have gotten 50 lbs of meat off her but only got 30 lbs just to give you an idea of howmuch meat was no good.

i've shot 2 deer with the same bullet in 30-06 exits on both one at 80 yards the other around 150 both lung shots.

I have used the bullet and caliber extensively. I highly recommend it.
I now shoot the 168gr. in my Ruger .308 I'm getting 1/4in groups at 200yds.
All the Deer I've shot dropped in their tracks.
I've hunted Maine, Connecticut, North Carolina

Good luck,

Lazer Beam

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so do you all think the 168gn bullets will hold together better than the 150gn at shorter dictances or would they have the same ufect?

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I too shoot a 308 and yes the 168's hold together better its what I switched to after the 150's.
the 150's held tighter groups about a .5 inches at 100 yards, but the 168 grainer still held a decent group on average of about an inch to an inch and a half still more then plenty accurate for deer hunting.

Now I reload for my 308 and still use that combine technology 168 grain ballistic tip aka ballistic silvertip but also load the sierra 165 grain BTHP gameking I bounce back and forth depending on how Im feeling about one or the other.