In my humble experience, Sierras are very soft. They are wonderfully consistent and have been marvelously accurate in everything I have tried them in....... My first whitetail deer 30 years ago succumbed to a Sierra gameking..... 200 pounds dressed weight....... broadside shot, 75 yards, obliterated heart/ lungs, lots of blood shot tissue, full separation of jacket and totally fragmented core..... And the deer took two steps and expired.....