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Berger has proven that ammo blowing up inside the animal yields very fast kills. The Ballistic tip got its bad reputation when it first came out. I do not know what Nosler changed, but the first ones were more like varmint grenades than medium to big game hunting bullets. The ballistic tip is now a very dependable hunting bullet. It explodes, but it penetrates deeply enough before it comes apart. When the Ballistic tip first came out, I loaded some 120's in a .264 Win mag. (I think it was 120's cant swear by it, been many moons ago)
I shot a whitetail doe at 60 to 70 yards. I hit her on the shoulder. She ran 400 plus yards and piled up. She ran across an open field is the only way I found her. The bullet his square on the shoulder blade and exploded. Penetration was less than 2" past the ball. The inside of the deer was obviously devesdated by hydrostatic shock, but the bullet itsself did little damage.
The ballistic tips of today will smash a shoulder blade and near exit.
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