That's like asking the fry guy at a local McDonald's to detail how corporate manages ingredient price risk over crop seasons. He'll have no clue, but the fries will still taste great.
Would be interesting if newcomers Oregon and Texas won the B10 and SEC respectively after years of Pac12 and B12 being viewed as lesser conferences at the top.
I use TTSX unless it doesn’t shoot and then I go to Hammers as the back up. Not sure what “budget” means. We spend more on gas station snack food on the drive out than we do ammo big game hunting. Would practice with cup & core if practice volume needed.
Monos in general should strike the animal at 2000fps for standard monos and 1800 fps for some of the slightly softer longer range mono options to ensure expansion.
I would view that as true for hammers (but more about “shedding petals” than expansion in their case), but the real positive...
In my experience Barnes work in 90% of rifles. Hammers work with 98%. No use for lead hunting bullets anymore. I wish options in shot shells made the choice this simple there.