Thread: Shot placement on deer with ballistic tips??

The ballistic tip bullets I use at present are the 55gr 22 cal and 30 cal 180gr. In the 22 cal they are coming out of a 22 250 and in the 30 cal they are out of a 30 06 ( was until recently using them in my 300 Win Mag but have changed to the 178 gr ELD X)
If you have worries of bullet break up use a heavy version, instead of say a 165 gr 30 cal move up to the 180 gr. I have found the 180 gr in 30 cal excellent but it can be a bit messy on shoulders but animals don't move far if anywhere. Years ago ( quite a few) I remember putting four 30 06 150 gr BT into a big Red stag just prior to the rut, his neck was swollen and the two neck shots only knocked him down only to get up again, eventually I got him but it put me off the lighter 30 cal bullets. On average deer they were great. Since then as I said earlier Noslar have strengthened the hunting bullets with thicker jackets to help stop the explosiveness.