Mike,

I am surprised to hear you say that. Because, you know that's the same excuse I was justifying discussing someone else's experience with T/C.But then . . .YOU convinced me that I should notdo that. So yes, I am very dissappointed to read this.

Fact is,aside from the basalt pit, you have no experience which is not vicarious. In fact, your experience seems to be the mirror imageof your friend's. He seems to be totally satisfied having used them for years and apparantly continues to use them. So what was a disaster to you seems to be complete satisfaction to him, go figure.

In any event, in just reviewing some of the past threads on the PB, its clear that the positive experiences are considerably more numerous than are the negative ones. The "negative press" coming primarily from less than a handful of individuals. So it would seem that you have chosen to rely on the minority of individuals, (sadly one of whom, considers the anusappropriate shot placement).

In any event, I would agree that the nosler bullet is better than a PB for most circumstances. Has alot of benefits in addition to its strength. Your experience with them tells me that they fly well, penetrate well, and do a good job killing game. And by the way, don't think for a minute that I didn't notice that you are very skilled marksman choosing and hitting the appropriateplacement for the shot at 170 yards.

By the way, I'm ready to move on as well.

Good day