My Garand will deform soft points when chambering. After loading and unloading the same bullet several times in the dark on a hunting trip, I noticed the badly damaged soft point. I cut the lead point off flush with the jacket and buffed it smooth on the knife blade. Later, I shot a nice spike at about 75yds. with that one. Hit right to point of aim and the exit wound showed good expansion. After the hunt, I cut a few more off and shot them on paper at 100yds. and could see no real difference in the group when compared to my original sight in group. So I cut the rest of them. No more soft points for the Garand/M1a. I switched to Sierra Game Kings.