Winchester's 150-grain Silvertip is for hunters who want Winchester's metal-capped Silvertip bullet rather than a polymer tip. The Silvertip is a lead-core hunting bullet whose nose is covered by a silver-colored metal cap, and despite the name it is a different bullet from the Ballistic Silvertip. It leaves the muzzle at 2,390 fps with 1,902 ft-lbs of energy.

Compared with Winchester's Ballistic Silvertip 150-grain, a polymer-tipped bullet with a boat-tail base, the Silvertip matches it at the muzzle: both leave at 2,390 fps with 1,902 ft-lbs, and they kick the same in the same rifle. Compared with Winchester's 150-grain Power-Point, a soft point with exposed lead at the nose, the muzzle figures and the recoil are again the same. Among the Silvertip, the Ballistic Silvertip and the Power-Point, you are choosing a bullet design, not a speed.

Buy the Super-X Silvertip if you want Winchester's metal-capped bullet at the standard 150-grain weight. Pick the Ballistic Silvertip if you want a polymer tip; Winchester markets it for big game. Pick the Super-X 150-grain Power-Point if you want a plain soft point, which Winchester markets for whitetail and big game. Pick Winchester's Deer Season XP 150-grain if you hunt deer and want the load Winchester says it engineered for deer hunters. Pick Buffalo Bore's Heavy 190-grain JFN only for elk- or moose-sized game, which Buffalo Bore markets it for; it starts 290 fps slower than the Silvertip.