I just responded to a thread titled can someone post a poll? That thread got me thinking.
I only hunt with premium bullets & maybe I should tell others why?
A few years ago my wife bought a 270-winchester right before antelope season opened. With no time to handload we bought ammo off the shelf.[:'(]
The 130-grain Federal Classic ammo we bought grouped just fine on paper. We got the rifle sighted in & she was ready to hunt. Next morning she shoots a antelope buck @ 70-yards in the front shoulder. The bullet blew up on impact. The bullet did not enter the body cavity. The impact left a nasty flesh wound & the antelope was stunded. The buck just stood there in a daze. She shot him again a little farther back this time. The antelope ran 50-yards & fell over. When she got to the antelope she had to shoot him one more time.
My wife lost all confidence in her 270. I told her it was not the 270's fault. I told her I could handload for the 270 with a bullet that would not blow up on impact. After several weeks of handloading I found a load with Nosler Partition bullets. Her confidence is back in the 270, & critters don't just stand there with a nasty flesh wound after she pulls the trigger.