ORIGINAL: lemoyne
Well I have to tell you all I believe that those fancy expensive bullets do not kill anything any deader than an XTP or a Gold Dot. Now for elk moose and griz. or red stag or large African game there might be a point in using them; but for deer, boar and black bear I normally get bang flops with the XTP or lately with the Gold Dots and they are reasonable enough to pratice with,paying over a dollar a shot for normal shooting is like driving a caddy, strickly for show. If you put that bullet in the right place,which is a whole lot more important a good percetage of the time then all you really need to do is use one thats adaquate for the game. Lee
Your 100% correct Lee. However if your getting older, and your eyesight and aim is not what it was when you were say 40 or even 50, then having a bullet that "does it all (accuracy, penetration, expansion) gives one a bit more insurance that we will harvest the animal well. I bought 4 boxes of the Gold dots, and every time I order from Midway, I get another one, so I am agreeing with you, but I know that a Barnes or a Nosler will take me thru shoulder blade and I will get the deer if my eyes and aim are not 100% perfect, so I like to use those formy inlines. Flint locks where most of my shots are under 50 no more than 70, I will use the Gold Dot and I use to use an XTP, 300g Mag.
Iyou can afford the Noslersor the Barnesfor huntingthat is a great insurance policy for hitting bone, especially if they are accurate in your gun, which to me is #1 criteria.
Chap