CraigC
Sixgun Nut
You got that backwards. Cast bullets have really come into their own in recent decades and replaced jacketed bullets for a lot of hunters. The fact is that jacketed bullets are still unreliable and require a lot of velocity for consistent expansion. In a big bore, expansion is really unnecessary and a good SWC or LBT style cast flat point kills way out of proportion to what you may think. They are also less likely to fail, especially on light skinned game so they do what they do boring regularity and consistency over a broader velocity range. Hunting with cast bullets is not a compromise in the least.Why are cast flat point bullets relevant for hunting these days?
Yes, they can get the job done, but modern expanding ammo has been proven to perform better on game. That’s why (most of) the world has moved on.
Just like the Jeep was replaced by the Humvee as the military’s defecto small four wheeler. The Humvee tech was simply superior.
The Jeep/HUMVEE analogy does not fit.