late to the game here but I'm partial to 225 Barnes... I've killed with them from up close IE under 50 yards, out to just over 800. And same round has been shot THROUGH trees, then THROUGH a B/C black bear and through another tree.
Started with 225X and am at both 225 tsx and ttsx and have never had any issues.
Shot 210s for a couple of boxes and could tell no difference at all and went back to the 225 for a bit more buffer.
