Never had a negative issue with anyone I've used... and they did their intended purpose each time they connected with the deer...
I like Speer bullets although I concede, Hornady, Nosler, Sierra are more accurate 100 grainers than the Speer...
Glad you mentioned that. When I shot those Speer Hot Core's, I shot Hornady Spire point's at the same time and Sierra HP's. All were shot out of the same rifle. Sako L61 in 7mm Rem Mag. All were also shot at 100yds. For all the rifle I had then I found the Hornady's were more except that 7mm mag. Accuracy was better with the Hot Core's than with the Hornady's. It was a 154ge Hornady and 160ge Speer. Both bullet's retained 85%of their weight with the core in the Hornady being loose enough to turn in the jacket by hand but couldn't budge the Speer core. I settled on Harnady then for no other reason than better accuracy except in the 7mm , it got the 160gr Hot Core's. Actually at that time I was really finically obsessed with accuracy and the difference in the two was about 1/4" at 100 yds. Never would have cost me an animal. The 7mm mag with those bullet's never failed me and I was never able to get one back out of an animal. Then too I've used a lot of the more accurate Hornady's over the years and they ave never failed me either and have never collected one out of an animal. I love Hornady inter locks as much as the old Spire Points. And people can say what they want about the Speer Hot Core, they are a super bullet that has never come apart on me and I have done the shooting test for them into newspaper and know what I fund. I'd bet the majority of people talking down about the Hot Core have never fire them into a media to see what they did as I have done.
BTW, I had always found Sierra bullet's to soft for game, made a mess inside. The HP's I shot into the newspaper were 140gr and the HP closed up and the bullet simple bent in the shank. Then again, my favorite bullet to just shoot small groups with is the Sierra Match King! They work well on varmints also.