Sitka - I was thinking about my experience with Nosler BT's when I wrote about the Speers. Tried them for two different calibers with mediocre results. And I've seen the BT's my friends use (mostly .30 caliber) cause a lot of meat loss/damage with what would appear to be some predictability. Again went back to Hornady and Sierra, etc., etc., in 7mm, 6.5, .30 and .257.