Fat Round nosed bullets at moderate velocity

[FredH]

Been using 200-250 gr. 35 caliber round nosed bullets at the stunning velocity of around 2500 fps for years. No plastic tips need apply. First out of a 358 Winchester and lately from a 35 Whelen. Open quick, hold together, wide mushrooms and almost always a good leaky exit hole. Gives a point blank trajectory out past 200 yards and a nice satisfying "Whop" when they hit. This being mostly a 250 yard load which covers almost all my deer hunting and does cover all my hog hunting. Recoil isn't bad, accuracy is excellent. Anyone else have good results with this type of bullet?

 

[Choupique]

Anyone else have good results with this type of bullet?

As long as the range is short, yes. Ive always found terminal performance of round nose bullets to be very good, especially with moderate velocity stuff like .30-30 and 6.5x55 155+ gr

If i was never in danger of needing to shoot more than 200 yards it'd probably be all I ever used.

 

[Macintosh]

To be honest Ive never used them. Used to be the standard 180gr option in a 30-06, but not even sure they are still available in that cartridge. And never owned a big-bore centerfire rifle. Curious if its the shape or simply the mass and moderate velocity that works so well for the purpose—are there legit advantages over a pointed bullet when comparing same diameter/weight/velocity?