There's a big difference between shooting game that's unaware of you (or at least not very alarmed), more-or-less broadside, and shooting when they're facing you, especially when they're full of adrenalin and coming hard. At that point I want a bullet that I KNOW will penetrate deeply and straight, even through heavy bone. One of those bullets is the 200-grain, .30 caliber Nosler Partition, because I've seen it do so many times since first starting to use them 40 years ago. While smaller bullets may do the job, especially monolithics (and I've used several enough to know they sure might), I prefer using something I KNOW will work for frontal shots on heavier game.
Good point I can agree with.
I feel the same way about the .33-caliber's tough bullets starting at 225 grains (the lower SD), to the 250-300 grain bullet (higher SD). Also the .375 with 300-grainers.
