ORIGINAL: stalkingbear
2 simple reasons-accuracy and reliable expansion/penetration. It's bullets like these that allow the 1 rifle for everything concept to work well with different size animals.
Remember guys!
This is the time of intervation and what worked for years may or may not have been replaced, by a last or greatest bulletand or powder? Every rifle maker, rifleing used, powder combination and hunting used on is different! To make a an educated guess of the best out-come we need all the facts and information we can get?