I can vouch for the "tender" characteristic of the first BTs. Shot both 130s and 150s from my 270 featherweight into deerses back in the '80s and never had an exit. Because I was strictly a ribcage shooter back then, the deerses died, but the versatility for placement in harder parts of the animal was just not there. I still have some of the old stuff around in their original boxes. Might have to give the "new" BTs a second look sometime. OTOH, I now have enough 7mm Hornady spirepoints in 154 and 175 grain weights to keep a couple loonies happy for quite some time - certainly enough to last the rest of my life. There isn't any controversy about the efficacy of those spire points and, as I understand it, there never was.
