I agree, with proper shot placement any 100 gr.+ bullet works well on deer size game. However, poop happens. I watched a buddy hit an antelope in the elbow at 125 yds.+/- with a Sierra 100 gr. SPT and fully expected that animal to tip over within sight (could see it for 200 - 300 yds. before it went over a hill) - never did recover it, bullet did not penetrate to the vitals.
Bigger and/or better construction doesn't make up for bad shot placement.
Seems an awful lot of "bullet failure" stories contain so much conjecture. Seems poor shot placement a more logical explanation.
And no, that isn't a slam on your shooting abilities; as you say, things happen. Problem is we're most likely the "weakest link" not our equipment, even one as (IMHO) poor as a Sierra Gameking.
