Originally Posted by
Triple Se7en
This lightweight Gold Dot bullet must be designed differently than a much heavier 250 gr. Deep Curl, which did noticeably worse on this same test and often-times noted here as being basically the same bullet. To make matters even more head-scratching, the 250 is a bonded bullet.
The 180 and 250 are in fact designed exactly the same. I agree that there are plenty of much better options out there.