For hunting, I prefer the ancient Nosler Partition. Never had one fail, always leave a blood trail an individual who is sight challenged could follow with his eyes closed. Using a Nosler Accubond with a .35 Whelen, I did take a shot up the tail pipe of a six point, in 2016. Missed the tail pipe by about two inches. Took out an entire hindquarter, most of the rib cage and lodged against the should after pretty much destroying any meat on that side. Nearly killed myself on a very cold January day, dragging him out of the swamp. Started out dressed for 15 degree temperatures, got to the truck in a tee shirt. You don’t want to know my health for the next three days. Still the bullet, way too heavily constructed for white tail, performed beautifully.
The story has still not been finished on Berger Hunting Bullets. In my 6.5 they perform very close to VLD in accuracy and performance. All but to the point of being interchangeable. However, in hunting with my .25-06, their 115 grain gives great accuracy and fine velocity. However, terminal performance is spotty. Year previous, got a nice little 4 point freezer deer. He did not go far, left a fair blood trail. This past year, it put down a freezer deer at the shot. (Always happens in the tv shows, but of the deer I have killed, rarely). Next i got this nice 8 point. I had been looking and waiting for him. Bullet hit in the right spot, made a total mess of the boiler room, deer ran about 20-30 yards and dropped. But did not penetrate and zero blood trail. The bullet was recovered on the far side jsut under the skin. See pictures below. He is the deer on the left with the brown strip on his neck. As I said, made a real mess of the deers heart lung area, including a hole right through the heart.
So back to the subject at hand, if I can get them, I have had great luck with Sierra Match Kings. (All I used in my silhouette days) great shooting with Bergers, shot some great groups with the ELD-X’s. And the most really accurate paper shots have been with the now discontinued Norma Golden Target at 130 grains. Downrange performance has to be checked closely, because, their BC seems off to me.