ORIGINAL: lemoyne
Despite the discussions of bullet efficiency,if used properly almost all will do a decent job, especially the lead bullets,
+1 with a question. But how do you know Lee if a bullet will be used properly? In a hunting situation you really don't know if your gonna hit bone because we aim and sometimes for whatever reason we miss by 3" and hit the scapula, then you need a strong bullet for penetration. Penetration into the vitals with expansion does the efficient job of killing.
"Accuracy is king, penetration is queen, expansion is prince with shoot thru the princess." TM (nobody has trademarked this yet)
Gotta have all 4 of the court present to really do the bullet job in >>all<< situations. I just saw the Hornady FPB 350g last night for the first time, and they looked like a very good sabotless bullet going big and slow and I believe the 350g will shoot thru big bone because of the weight. Didn't buy any at Walmart, but will try to pick some up at Christmas time when the have the sales on MLer stuff (I thought $19 for 15 bullets was a lot also for a jacketed lead bullet). Not trying to pick a fight, I agree with you in principle that any bullet will work if used properly, but we have so many many folks that only shoot 1 time/year and they shoot 3 pellets and whatever bullet the manufacturer recommends (PB if CVA, Traditions has their bullets which are Barnes and Parker Ballistic Extremes, Knight is a Barnes and Hornady recommended bullet, TC is a ShockWave). Most sales people at the big stores do NOT know hardly anything about inlines or MLing and therefore recommend the biggest seller which is PBs.
I am rambling about my favorite topic, so Ineed to quit. Thanks for your wisdom.
Chap Gleason