My father put an early generation 130 grain Ballistic Tip broadside through a buck's chest. I forget the velocity, but it was a full throttle load from a 26" barreled 270 Winchester. Range was about 100 yards IIRC. The exit wound would pass a grapefruit and there was a swath of chum on the ground yet he ran a good distance in a U shaped path.
Those early NBT's were like that, including 150's in the .308 and '06. They were so bad, we agreed to not use them at our deer camp. So, I wrote them off, moved on.
I later learned that Nosler had toughened them up. I'm using them again and like what I see. They always were very accurate. Like I posted earlier, the 115 gr. NBT is one of the most accurate bullets in my .257R, and the terminal performance is impressive. The 120 gr. NBT out of my 7-08 is both accurate and deadly with good exits and lots of internal damage.
