what i used last year was the hornady american whitetail 150gr. no complaints really although i lost a huge blood trail on a doe i shot. probably my fault. just always wanting to try to find that perfect bullet i guess. i used BTs out of my 270 a couple yrs ago killed 3 bucks and all three there was zero blood trails even tho 2 of the bucks werent hard to find. the 3rd i found one drop of blood and after wandering thro the woods aimlessly for a couple hours finally found my deer. shot behind shoulder a little low. i just like a good blood trail. always had a good blood trail with corelokts out of the 270 maybe i should stick with those lol.