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Starting in 1983, I shot a bunch of deer with the 85 grain .243" and 90 grain .257" Sierra Gameking HPBTs, but no longer do so 'cause I had four failures to penetrated, two with each of the different diameter bullets. These were easy shots, under 200 yards, at unsuspecting animals and the bullets hit where they were aimed, but they came apart on contact and didn't penetrate through the rib cage and into the chest cavity. All four deer were recovered, but only after being hit repeatedly.

Now I shoot Barnes, Hornady SpirePoints, Nosler ABs and Partitions, Speer HotCores, and Winchester/Olin PPs at deer when I'm shooting smaller bore rifles and save the Sierra products for shooting varmints.