I am not anything close to perfect which is why i need as big of a margin for error as possible. I have had great luck with xtp?s and recovered some very very poorly performing bullets. Not much matters on deer. Hogs can be tough or can go down easy. When the game gets bigger i stay away from em but thats just me. I prefer a bonded bullet. If ya dont wanna spend the money on aframes or barnes the speer deep curl work great and many times are cheaper than xtp?s. They work really well. I had great luck with xtp?s in the past and then started having erratic results. Thats about the time i heard they were using softer copper or guilding metal for the jackets. Heard this again recently.