I’ve shot piles of deer with the 180 accubond at 2785fps and it performs perfectly, lots of 120lbs does to 250lbs whitetail bucks. Have only recovered 1 and it looked like a nosler advertised mushroom. Took a bull elk with a 200gn ballistic tip out of a 338WM and have shot some deer with them in the 338fed and they work great too so I’d be comfortable shooting the 180bt at them also.