Sellier & Bellot lists hunting as the suggested use for its 140-grain SP and names no particular game. The bullet is a conventional soft point: a jacketed lead-core bullet with lead showing at the nose. Sellier & Bellot rates it at a G1 BC of .231 and it leaves the muzzle at 3,117 fps. That low figure shows up downrange as extra drop and drift.

Compared with Prvi Partizan's 140-grain PSP, another conventional soft point, the S&B starts at nearly the same speed but falls behind by 300 yards. Zeroed at 100 yards, the S&B drops about 13 inches at 300 and the Prvi Partizan about 11. At 300 yards a steady 10 mph wind blowing across the range pushes the S&B about 13 inches sideways and the Prvi Partizan about 7. That is how far from the aim point each bullet lands if you make no correction. Recoil is about the same for both. Compared with Federal's Vital-Shok 140-grain Trophy Bonded Tip, a polymer-tipped bonded bullet, the gap is wider: at 300 yards the S&B carries 1,224 ft-lbs and the Federal 1,943.

Buy the Sellier & Bellot if your shots are close, where its extra drop and drift matter least. Pick the Prvi Partizan 140-grain PSP if you want a plain soft point for longer shots. Pick the Vital-Shok Trophy Bonded Tip if you want a bonded bullet that Federal markets for "the full spectrum of medium and big game." If you want a copper bullet with no lead core, Barnes' VOR-TX 140-grain TTSX drifts about 7 inches in the same 300-yard wind. HSM's Trophy Gold 180-grain Berger VLD drifts about 4 inches, but it kicks about 49 percent harder.