I think in the grand scheme of things, the bullet type, or brand is secondary. First you need to find the bullet that is most accurate in your rifle. I got caught up in the bullet game a long time ago and found that none of my experiences matched what I was reading. I came to the conclusion that it's all about selling products and it doesn't matter how poorly the bullet performs, if the company is buying add space, the author is going to love the bullet. Same thing with crappy rifles and optics!!!

On my first safari, I hunted plains game in Namibia. I had shot a caribou and an elk with my .338 and liked how it knocked them down. For Africa, I wanted to make sure nothing got away, so I went with that rifle. After booking the trip, I read about how good the barns X bullets where. I read so many positive articles about it that I fell for it and started working on loads to get the best accuracy out of them. I probably spent more time cleaning my barrel then anything else, but eventually I came up with a load that was better then the others. Not great. A friend who competes said it was my fault and that I was flinching, so I had a muzzle brake installed. That didn't help with accuracy at all, it just made the rifle even louder. I was never able to get to one inch groups with those bullets, but fortunately all my shots in Namibia where under 100 yards.

I shot ten animals and recovered the bullets in quite a few of them, In every case, the bullet barely opened up. It never fell apart and I'm sure the weight was still all there, but the wound channel wasn't good at all.

Since then, I have gone to Federal Premium ammo and completely abandoned reloading. With practice, my groups are right at an inch, or a hair over. The elk I have shot with that ammo have all gone down in their tracks, and the bullets I've found have all had the perfect, classic mushroom look to them.