I have to agree about the wacky nature of Ballistic tips. I used them for years with great success. Complete failure on the shoulder of a Mule Deer has changed my mind however.
An outfitter and good friend of mine discussed this a few days ago. He had a client shoot a dandy Grizzly last spring with the 30-378 and 180 gr ballistic tips. The bear was shot head on and that ballistic tip came right apart (30-378 is another abomination IMO). Fortunately his lungs were damaged and he died. But... he is sure that if this Grizzly was shot in the shoulder or slightly angling toward or away he would have had a nasty situation on his hands. I just keep wondering what is so wrong with the partition that people don't reach for that nosler instead of his annoying little brother.
Chuck
