Everyone seems to jump on to the next big thing yet the pointed-soft-point and soft point-boattail remain the primary sellers for off the shelf ammo. My favourite loads from the shelf, in various calibres, are Federal Power Shocks and Fusions due to consistency in groupings and the impact damage on an animal.
I am personally extremely disappointed with the internal results from the Nosler Partitions and Accubonds, yet some shooters claim them to be the best thing out there. In my experience, I have found the Nosler Partitions to stop too quickly, with little transference of energy, and a chase through the woods. I have seen the Accubonds pass completely through a deer and an elk, with only minimal expansion. Luckily both animals dropped as the placement was good, but I may as well have been shooting fully jacketed match ammo.
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