Muley,

Surprised? I didn't think so. Just as one failure with a particular bullet does not mean that all of them are trash, neither does one success validate the use of similar bullets. This was what I was trying to bring out in a previous thread. I realize that many people are committed to a binary, either-or choice; just look at politics. I can't convince anyone on either side of a fence to examine their viewpoint. What I was hoping to do was to get those people who do not have an emotional investment in their choice to look at the question scientifically, and come to a conclusion that is unaffected by prior bias.

To me, this is a question of ethics. I remember many years ago standing by a tree, in the waning light of the last day of deer season. On a gentle rise, a moderate distance away, was a doe. Her position afforded me only a skyline shot, which I did not take. I hoped she would come down over the hill, giving me a shot with a good backstop. She went down over the rise, but the other way! Oh, well.

I don't tell you this story to impress you with what an ethical hunter I am; I'm sure a great many of you would have made the same choice. I tell you this so that you might examine the ethics of your choice of load.

Just think of how many good conicals you could get by melting down all those roundballs!

OldBob