It was JOCs writings that had me try out for myself the "hard/soft" bullet issue. Hornady's were the hardest ( its why they go so fast so easily, like the Partition's "partition" is similar effect) and Speers (along with a few others, like Nosler Solid Base and some Sierras) were on the soft end. Its more noticeable on deer (to me) than other critters. From that, I instinctively knew to start very low in workups using the pure copper/pure lead bullets ( i.e Hawks, the older Barnes, Bitter- roots, etc) I learned a lot of other things, of course, but he was one of my favorites for sure.
