My experience with that range of bullet weights in 44 magnum and 45 Colt tells me animals the size of big deer or smaller won't be able to tell the difference. But if I hiked or Hunted where bear and moose live I would definitely go with the heavier solids.
Better to have it and not need it, than the other way around.
This is my thinking exactly. The wound channels though deer-sized animals are going to be nearly identical, but if serious penetration and big-bone-breaking is required, the heavier weight is more better.
