If you're not overthinking bullets, you have no business on this forum.
A profound truth.
One of my friend's rifles is a Remington Model 7 in 7mm08 and he has used several different handloads of mine on deer and hogs. One with the 139 grain Interlock and another with the 120 grain Sierra flat base. I didn't call those Sierras Pro Hunters because they were made long before Sierra used that name. They were made when Sierra was in Whittier, California.
This year he used a load with the 162 grain boat tail Interlock. Those bullets were 80's leftovers from my 7mm Wby days. I had loaded them in necked down Hornady 308 Win match cases two or three years ago using Lyman's suggested potential accuracy load with IMR4895. When I asked him why he switched to them he said he liked the way the recoil felt when he shot them. Pretty scientific.
The 162 Interlock worked great for him the morning of 12/12 when he shot a 148 pound doe through the shoulders. Her front end dropped and she plowed a bit and it was over.
