I would venture to say the xtp is probably the most used handgun bullet for several reasons.

1. A successful marketing campaign.
2. A good dealer marketing campaign allowing the dealer to make more $ from them thus stocking more.
3. Many ammo companies using their product in ?custom? lines of ammo.

If you read around the web it?s apparent how widely used they are....no secret there.

Most people are not shooting cow type animals at point blank range at magnum velocities.

From reading many hunter reports from around the web and social media the vast majority report good results with these bullets.

But to be noted. Most of these people are hunting North American game. Hogs, deer , bear and so on.

But as seen above they also work on the big critters. Both were reported to be shot at a moderate distance allowing the bullet to slow down a touch. This is more than likely key since velocity makes or breaks a bullet upon impact.