Eremicus, you know I was with you right up until your last post. I respect your opinions on most things, but you are being awfully bull headed on this bullet debate. These guys as a rule aren't tooling through the hills will 8-9 pound rifles, sneaking, stalking, running and gunning. From what I gather most of the time they spend a lot of time glassing from specific places and are shooting highly specialised rifles that weigh 20 lbs or more. At the long distances they can shoot, they have the luxury of picking and choosing their shots. Because of this they are somewhat limited to where and how they can hunt. If they can see it, and can get set up, I'm pretty sure they can catch it. It's not at all like the type of hunting you do, therefore their choice of bullet and style of hunting negates the majority of your argument. Just for the record I don't shoot out past 400 yards as a rule. I spend most of my day on the move and I'm rarely in one spot long enough to justify toting a 30 pound rifle. When I'm hunting for antlers I take whatever shot is presented if I think it will kill what I'm after. That means broadside, stem to stern or vise versa, crossways...whatever. That probably doesn't rest well with some folks, but I sleep at night just fine. When I hunt for meat I'm far more selective in where that bullet goes. Bottom line when I'm after antlers I want a bullet that will pretty much take care of any situation I'm presented that will kill the deer I'm after. Since my limitation are 400yds or less a Nosler Partition works exceptionally well for me, I also very much like what I've seen the Barnes X do. However if I were only hunting in a long range situation with highly specialised equipment you can bet I'd be giving those Match Kings a try. In other words "when in Rome, do as the Romans do."
