Now here’s the real question. Will you be shooting any deer at 500+ yards? Is your equipment up to it, and are you up to it? Not inferring you are not, just asking that question. If the terrain you hunt and you and your equipment are up to it maybe worth changing. But if your shooting anywhere less than that distance the virtual minuscule difference in bullet drop would make it hard for me to change from a proven winner.. I love the TSX & TTSX btw.

I've shot a few deer with them. They shoot very well for a hunting bullet, usually the best or second best out of the different hunting bullets I've tried in my guns. They performed well on deer but it doesn't take much of a bullet to harvest a deer. My understanding after doing quite a bit of research the LRXs might be a bit more fragile in the nose section and might shear a petal off a bit easier than the TTSXs but I'm not too concerned with that as some makers actually design their bullets to break the pedals off, they believe it providers better terminal performance..??? The shank is going to hold together and punch through either way

If I were gonna go solid copper,, would try Hammer bullets first, read many, many good reports on them from very knowledgeable shooters.

Thanks Yes sir, there was only 5 reviews on midway, and it looked like only 1 review actually tried them on deer. He said the did not expand at all, .25 cal. hole going in, and a .25 cal. hole going out, with little to no blood trail. I guess I'll chalk that up to an anomaly? For California legal bullets they are somewhat reasonable priced, so I guess I better try them.

At Mach 3+, the SR 71s nose could reach 900F, ballistic tips soften up at 350F so at normal high power speeds, that things only good for looks in the magazine…lol. Unless Hornady and Skunk Works teamed up to develop a plastic to withstand those temps, I’m sticking with copper. But I guess with the tip gone, they still fly well.
Having said that, I’ve never had problems dropping animals out to 250yds with ballistic tips in the past.