There are many gun writers I could quote but I don't live by their opinions. I've loaded bullets from every major producer and have killed deer with most as have many of my friends. Failures are almost nonexistent as the deer are very dead. No..there are no pretty mushrooms, usually, to show everyone but then a deer doesn't really care about that anyway. As the next line read, bonded does have its place in hypervelocity and smaller cartridges. Even then I prefer bullets that penetrate vs. expand while retaining all their weight. Nosler partition for example. I wasn't trying to step on any toes just make his choices a little easier.