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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3896108" data-attributes="member: 5412">The difference in hunting bullets vs competition bullets comes down to the controlled expansion in hunting bullets they all like to compete with as well as retained weight in hunting bullets vs the BC of the match bullets which are thin skinned with no control over expansion. Competition bullets are designed to be sleeker with flying through the air as the top priority.The manufacturers produce lots of bullets for varmints designed to expand quickly, cause lots of damage internally and have no exit wound to preserve hides.  In reality, a match bullet will perform very well in thin skinned animals including deer. I've killed a lot of deer with a .55 grain Nosler varmint bullet.Well over 8 million souls have succumbed to the 5.56 FMJ because of its propensity by design to yaw and cause much damage.  I've killed many deer with a .55 grain hunting bullet and larger, close to 300 total along with other calibers/bullets as well as elk sized animals,10 in total, doing an autopsy on each personally to field dress and see how that bullet performed. No speculation on my part, firsthand observation with the guts in hand. Varmint bullets will work better than controlled expansion bullets in the lighter calibers.  They explode internally causing multiple wound channels internally. Varmint bullets will not work on elk sized game. Match bullets will work fine on deer sized game, not so on thicker skinned game. Those are my personal observations from what really happens in the field.The manufacturers are interested in selling their product, always looking for a way to get $$ from the customers.There will always be the new magic bullet, magic caliber coming out every year to sell firearms and ammo. Customers will fall in line to buy them.</blockquote>

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