As we all can see there is a lighter faster crowd and a heavier slower crowd, especially in the muzzleloader world of bullets.arrowing a deer at 35 yards, which is close enough in some cases for the deer to react to the string slap, can not in any way be compared to a conical even at 150 yds.i bow hunted for 10 yrs and a huge part of a deer reacting to the string slap was they were aware of something being out of place, before i even drew the bow for the shot.regardless if you shoot heavy conicals or lighter faster 200-250 gr bullets, the animal never hears the shot until it's to late. in other words dead is dead period lol.a heavy metplate conical IMHO is a lot more predictable than most hollow point bullets, not all but most on the market today.at ranges from 150-200 yds i still believe the heavier say 300-460 is a better choice.i do not care for pure lead hollow point bullets at any range, especially say 0- 50 yds, since they can and do come apart.our military has it's reasons for using the little 223 round, most of the worlds other armed forces use a much heavier bullet.i suppose both have there reasons and again IMHO the heavier bullet is the better choice.in the end a quality well placed bullet of whatever we decide to shoot. will consistently produce dead animals. Ray