HOPPDOC, Many adhear to 500grains system of useing only solids, and that has worked for many hunters for more than 100 yrs of African hunting.

I'm one who started out that way, back when most soft points were simply not well enough designed to be reliable on things like Buffalo from most angles. Times have changed, however, and there are many quality soft points today, that will drive right through most bones in animals in the Cape Buffalo class. Today I always load a soft on top, in a bolt rifle, followed by solids. In my doubles I load a soft in the right barrel and a solid in the left. I've been looking at useing the NF cup points for everything lately, we'll see!

The old soft bullets usually opened up too much on the tough hide of the Buff, before it even got to a bone. The new controlled expansion soft bullets of today are much better, and only open enough to make a larger wound channel, while remaining heavy enough to shatter large bones causeing secondary shrapnel to cut bolld vessels. Then with the follow-up with solids, makes this a great combination, for up the old shute going away shots that can reach the control room, from behind.

For someone who wants a choice the chamber can be kept empty, so a soft, or solid can be chambered when the target is found. If a snapp shot is needed then noise is not a problem, and you can simply cycle the bolt to chamber a solid from the magazine. In a double with a soft in the right barrel, you still have a choice, of a soft or solid, without opening the action. However if the need is for both to have solids the double can be opened in complete silence.

There is no law that says anyone has to use one method over the other! It is simply a matter of choice, because both methods work fine! PICK ONE!