Originally Posted by
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You can see a general preference for flat nosed bullets and there are good reasons for it. A characteristic result from flat nosed bullets are that they tend to act straight within the animal. If you are lining up a shot that enters the body and your intentions are to have it go in a straight line to interrupt the heart / lungs / shoulders / etc., a flat nose will tend to actually follow that imaginary straight line you have planned out. Spitzers fly very well but may glance off internal structures and end up not going exactly as you have planned. Always that exception, variations occur, stuff happens, and so on, but I like the flat points because the tend to track straight.