josh...just josh

The Nosler did exactly what it was designed to do. It not designed to pancake or break up. It is designed to blossom to a given distance through a thick skinned or a thin skinned animal, create 'Hydrostatic' shock with the blunt nose as it passes through the vitals and retain enough enery to cause secondary damage to the animal on the other side if the body as it passes through.

The Gold Dot did the same thing - it expanded to the dot in the center of the bullet, and in the process lost very little weight as the lead is bonded to the copper, but because it open so much it lost energy faster than the Nosler and will not penetrate as far. But it is a very good inexpensive bullet. Speer has or now creating a whole new line of bullets based on the Gold Dot for centerfire fire rifles - pistols and even us ML shooters - calling the line a 'Deep Curl' bullet.