It’s curious to me that Speer touts the GDs only as self protection bullets
Are you talking from experience or just personal opinion, some of us here need a clarity and it interest me to know. Thank you.
Not sure I follow your question, but here goes. The experience I have with Gold Dots, is that the 120gr produced a very accurate load in my 6.5CM with little effort. I have not used any Gold Dot bullet on a game animal.
My comment was that I find it curious that Speer only refers to "Personal Protection" as a "Use" for Gold Dots and does not mention "hunting" as an appropriate use. It would seem to me that a bullet designed for personal protection should work pretty well on deer-sized game. If this is correct, why wouldn't Speer promote the line of bullets for more than one "use"?
As an as-side, the Gold Dots appear to me to be quite similar to the old Deep Curls and current Fusions. I do have experience with Deep Curls for hunting (257/120. 270/150, and 30/165). I have found them to be easy to find an accurate load for and to provide excellent terminal performance.
I do plan to try the 120/6.5s on a cull doe to see how it works, Will start with a broadside lung shot to see if it provides good expansion and complete penetration.
Hope that provides clarification...
