Hornady spent a pile of money developing and testing the Amax. They determined it to be an excellent target bullet but decided it was deficient for hunting porposes. After all they spent on it, if it was a good hunting bullet, they surely would have said so to increase sales.
You'd have a point if they didn't also manufacture and market "premium" bullets that cost more.
Why should they promote their inexpensive "target" bullets for hunting use when they have a whole slew of people like you convinced that you need a more expensive bullet with a bonded jacket, monomental construction, or a partition to hunt big game?
If you want to talk about animals that have been shot with an Amax and not recovered, have at it. How many have you shot and not recovered?
