Speer Gold Dots are good expanders, they have a BIG hole. They are also tested in experiments and in the field and do a good job.

Hornady makes a bullet with a plastic insert in the end. Is it the XTF??? I don't really know if this works or not. Their XTPs are highly rated.

Candle wax on a bullet tip isn't going to ignite anything, but I have no idea if it would be effective.

Down south here we generally don't have to worry about a lot of clothes getting in the way, except for a few weeks of cold weather.

I can't name them right now but some of the other top quality ammo has good 'clog resistant'. There are tests all over the web. I'd take a look. Seems like 'Silvertips' are good.

About anything will do better than a RN slug. Hollow point SWCs have been respected for a long time and some of the 'boutique' ammo uses them.

Some people advocate the old 'hollow wadcutter' turned around backwards as being effective.

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