I am in the camp that when it "matters" I would go with the premium bullet. The Swift A frame comes to mind. At a buck a piece they seem like a bargain "when it matters", even to a Scotsman like myself. If you run the numbers on a hunt, the price of the bullet is the least expensive piece of equipment. It's performance is the one piece that has the final control of the outcome. The best bullet in the world is no guarantee since so many other factors come into play but it will stack the odds in the shooter's favor.
How do we define what matters? All animals count in my opinion. If I have thousands of dollars worth of trophy fees on the line I get not skimping on bullets. However, at the subdued velocities these bullets work, I wouldn't worry about failure in the least, and frankly if penetration is on the table, I'm not looking at jacketed expanding bullets. But, that's just me. These soft-nosed hardcasts evidently work like gangbusters. I am planning on testing them very soon myself as sixshot was gracious enough to send me some of these some time ago.
