I can't say I have first hand experience with them but have read posts about them. The feeling I get is they are pretty explosive. If you like to blow the lungs out of a deer you'd probably like them. There are people that swear at nosler ballistic tips and those that love them. I'd say the bronze point was the forerunner and a duplicate in performance of the ballistic tip bullet.
I got about 150 in reloading deal shot 20 or so deer with them I would say they are a good deer bullet they expand on the fast side. I went to a 165 for deer for a little better penatration on the angle shots. They shot groups as well as my no. 1 06 would shoot them. As long as you want a fast expanding bullet on deer size game they work just fine.
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The Bronzepoint has been failing for years from time to time they just explode on contact, especially at close range...I have had a number of failures with them form common calibers like the 30-06 and 270...They are very quick openning and either kill like the hammmer of Thor or fail miserably...I won't ever use another one.
The Remington Bronze point is a old design. The bronze tip was intended to act as a wedge to cause rapid expansion. This bullet may be the first early attempt at this design. This bullet will be difficult to locate and I think may have been discontinued. If this design goal is what you want, I'd suggest that you look at the Nosler Ballistic Tip. This bullet has a well earned rep for accuracy and is available. The polymer tip prevents point damage in the magazine. I hope that this will be of some help
Contrary to my better judgment, I helped a coworker find some. Midway stocks them. I have heard the stories of these bullets failing to penetrate. Ray, were the failures you witnessed with factory ammo or with hand loads?
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