Andy i use hollow points. i hunt in thick brush no shots over a hundred yards. I use hornady bullets i buy in bulk. its cheaper and i get to experiment with different sabots. My gun really likes .44 cal 300gr with 90gr of blackhorn. i had another gun that liked the .45cal 240gr. I have more fun buying bullets in bulk and trying different ones to see what works good. Iv been looking at the speer gold dots and you can buy those in bulk almost as cheap as the hornadys, so im going to experiment with those. I have bought the more expesive packaged bullets but by the time you sight those in and have fun with them oops im out lets go buy some more. I would say buy different bullets in bulk and see what you like.