furtaker
Senior Member
Yeah they used to be highly fragile. The 130 .277 and 140 .284 were among the worst. The 95 .243 always had a reputation of being a pretty tough bullet. Personally I would still load the mid to heavy weight ones in most calibers especially if I was expecting a close shot.Early on, the BT’s would expand very fast. Nosler constantly tinkered with each of their BT’s, most of the time toughening them up with thicker jackets, altering the composition of the lead, etc. Some went through 8-12 iterations before Nosler was happy with the terminal performance of a particular caliber and weight. Some were tough as nails from the get go….7mm 120 grain was tough as a brick, as it was specifically designed for metallic silhouette shooting. There are larger BT’s that are tough enough for elk hunting. If you like BT’s and I do, buy some current production bullets and you’ll be good to go.