????? maybe it's where I'm shooting them. Did shoot a 225lb hog through the shoulder and it punched a nice size hole out the opp shoulder, soooo, I guess there are just a lot of mixed results. But will say a guy on our lease shoots the 150gr in his 308 and I had to tell him to do something b/c I was tired of having to trail up deer for him.

Ive used the 95gr with good success in my 243, but I dont like to shoulder shoot deer either, neck or just back of the shoulder for a solid lung shot. Had friends use the 55's in 22-250 for years and never loose one, works pretty good in 223 also.

I know a couple of friends who use those sierras on 25-06's. They love them! i think on what i have read is that sierras are very consistant. So you get them to shoot more accurately. Especially if you handload them. I personally use barnes tsx's on my 22-250 but took me awhile to get them to shoot right in my gun. I use it for deer and hogs and they really do the job. Alot of destruction! I was amazed on the damage they do, i guess it's the high velocity. It almost compares to my .257 mag. My friends could not believe it was from a 22-250! But if i had to use anither bullet it would be those sierras. i have used them on deer and hogs with even the soft-point boattail and they also do alot of damage! I think the sierras are still more accurate. I get half inch with sierras and about one inch with barnes.

I used to shoot 150 grain BT in my 06 and 100 grain in my 6 mm. I went to the Partition and now to the Fusion for just those things. Unreliable performance on game. More accurate but I want them to die and I want to find them.

Whatever works. It just sucks having to track animals!

Anyone tried the Trophy Bonded Tipped? I have yet to try them myself, but I would expect much better results as far as penetration out of the TB than the original BT.

I have a good friend that loads the Accubond for his 7mm SAUM. In Feb 2008 we had to do some whitetail doe culling on his ranch. He took out 8 does with those rounds and the farthest one was 227 yds. The bullet was 140 gr if I remember correcty and he never had on that didn't exit. I am trying the Rem Ultra Bonded 140 gr for my 7mm-08 right now and I will be shooting some sika does and axis does with them to see how they work.

Barnes X. Im still looking to recover my first. What goes in WILL come out. Shot 40+ head of game with them.

Like I said, if you want a clear exit wound, then the deeper penetrating rounds are your best choice. If you don't really care about exit wound, like me, the BT's are great. I hunt a really open area and don't have to worry about tracking a deer, besides I use a .30-06 and even with the BT's I get exit wounds. I aim right behind the shoulder and it always leaves a big nasty exit on the opposite side. Even at 200 yds.

i have a tikka 270 wsm. i shoot winchester 130 grn. bst. best grouping ammo and rifle combo i have ever had.i have only taken 3 animals with it so far.10 pt 200lbs west-texas mule deer,8 point 150lbs whitetail buck,100lbs white tail spike.mule deer was 200 yds. shot on point of sholder,droped in his tracks,bullet lodged in hide on off side shoulder. 8 pt whitetail 120 yds point of shoulder droped in tracks small exit hole on off side shoulder,spike 120 yds point of sholder droped in tracks small exit hole on offside shoulder. i personally have been pleased.

How far was the shot?