I'm going to cook up some popcorn and enjoy this thread. Just about everyone on this forum has more experience than I do with handgun hunting, but I know enough to know you will get about a fifty-fifty response to the jacket vs hardcast debate. It's a topic that will never go away, always come back up, and in reality from what I have read through the years not really make to much difference in the long run. I have always favored the jacketed bullets for hunting but carry a 357 mag loaded with 180gr. Bear Load hardcast when scouting or alone in the wild...Go figure.