I think its well worth the extra money. When you look at the amount of machining and engineering for HPs, I'm surprised they aren't even more expensive. I have a couple, one a GB from NOE, a 430 grain .45 ACP that performs well, push it up to the mid 800fps. With COWW, I shot 1 at 4 milk jugs full of water, thru and thru 3, stopped in the 4th. Meplat opened from .325 to .499. Nice.