flyinlowe
If you want to shoot a premium bullets - look at:
www.lehighbullets.com
If you want a really good regular bullet check out the Speer Gold Dot now called Deep Curl. It a bonded controlled expansion bullet. These bullets penetrate very well and most often always exit. These bullets and the Lehigh's or even the Barnes will hold together even if you shoot them through the shoulder.
The Hornady's can separate copper from lead and MAY have been a couse of the lack of blood trail