This would have been a great poll.
You have the CX, especially if you have a couple boxes, that's your hunting load. That will last you for many years. An inexpensive cup and core bullet load from major manufacturers is your practice in the offseason. Verify zero before the hunt and use the CX with confidence. However given my experience with Barnes...
Granted I've never taken an animal in over 30 years with a factory load. However I have over 30 years of hand loading experience with Barnes Bullets. Between what I've taken, what family members have taken and what friends have taken with said handloads using Barnes bullets, never a single failure to put meat in the freezer from an animal when the trigger was pressed.
Barnes 129 LRX all the way, Accubond in a close heat for second place. The lead issue is an oftly debated and heated topic, yet unequivocally, 30 years says Barnes does the job.
Shooting lead long term whether becoming octogenarians on our last hunt in 20-30 years or the next generation starting at that time, it is a dying breed as an ingredient in bullet construction.
