re: Barnes VOR-TX Ammo

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I use it almost exclusively.

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Funny you should say this. My deer hunting buddy and I were talking about this same topic yesterday. After 50 years of deer hunting, he now exclusively handholds the Barnes TTSX (the same bullet that's in VOR-TX ammo) in all his deer hunting loads, 52 gr 223, 130 gr 270 and 150 gr 308. He showed me a 308 bullet yesterday he recovered from a decent sized 6 point buck shot at 160 yards. The deer was facing him at a slight angle. The bullet penetrated all the way from the slightly off center front chest to the opposite ham where he found it. He hasn't weighed it yet, but it looked like >75% weight retention. It looked like a pic from Barnes. He shot a 6 point elk a few mos ago w/ the 270 bullet. It was a high lung shot at 200 yards and left a nice exit wound. As far as my personal experience, I shot a doe last year at 120 yards w/ a 120 gr Barnes TTSX at muzzle velocity of 2900 fps in a 284 Win handgun. There was a large entrance and exit wound. The deer only ran 40 yards and left a good blood trail. I think the bullet penetrates and expands well at high velocity, but I'm not sure yet if it does as well at lower velocity. I'll know more once I kill a deer w/ the 120 gr in my 7-08 handgun. OTOH, there are many conventional bullets that also kill deer very well.