I think the author simply missed the main point of bonded bullets. It's not they are designed to be super bullets designed for super penetration and extreme weight retention. The point of bonding is simply to prevent cup and core separation which can be a problem with non-bonded lead core bullets. They do that VERY well as per their design. They're not designed to be monolith like.

Non-bonded I have recovered, this first one just last week;
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