You made some great points.  I want to add a few more things:

1) Matching the bullet weight with a given cartridge to achieve a velocity range of 2900 fps  plus for copper bullets.  A 308 matches with 130 to 150 grain.  A 30-06 is ideal with 150 to 168 gr.  A 300 wsm is good with 150 to 180s depending on the action length and throat.  A 300 win with the 165 to 180 range but can do 190 if loaded hot.  300 weatherby and 300 RUM are ideal with 165 to 180 grain because they are long cases, and powder capacity is taken up by long coppers over 180.  Keep in mind that a 180 copper is similar in length to a 210 lead core.  The 300 prc and 300 norma are the best non wildcat 30 calibers, which fit well with 180 to 200 grain copper bullets.  

2) The twist rate is more critical with copper bullets than lead core.  For example, a 1:9 twist 7mm rem will stabilize a 180 lead core but won't stabilize a 168 lrx.   The older 257 weatherby rifles are another great caliber that shoots the 100 barnes better than 115 gr barnes.   Hunters with older rifles that utilize slower twist barrels need to shoot coppers that are 1 to 2 weight classes lower than lead core in order to get proper stabilization.    Fast twist barrels are ideal with copper bullets or heavy for caliber lead core bullets.  

3) Copper bullets have a wider operating range than lead core target bullets.  You can impact animals from 2000 to 3400 fps and not have catastrophic failure and target style lead core bullets (eldm, eldx, berger, etc) are more ideal from like 1800 to 2600 impact velocity.   That's why most  loads shoot these target bullets under 2900 fps, and most copper bullets are over 2900 fps.  

4) copper bullets retain more weight than target lead core, so a 168 barnes would be 150 grains plus of weight retention, while a 210 berger might only retain 100 to 120 grains after 2 inch of penetration so the net weight is larger with copper, giving a longer wound channel.  

5)  Bullets don't kill big animals on energy dump. They kill based on tissue damage, blood loss, and penetration.   A FMJ gives penetration but very little tissue damage.  The hollow point under the plastic tips on a copper cause the bullet to open and tear tissue while maintaining the shank and weight for penetration.  

6) premium bullets like ablr, terminal accent, scirroco, etc. have a good bc while retaining more weight than target style lead cores and are a better choice for most hunters who don't shoot over 600 yards.  

7) copper bullets like the badlands bulldozer, Mcguire ballistics and cutting edge lasers have a higher bc than the more common lrx and hornady cx and some can open down to 1700 or 1800 fps so they can be a 1000 yd bullet when shot at over 3000 fps and especially at elevations over 5000 feet.  Keep in mind that most extreme long-range hunting is done in the mountains at elevations of 5000 to 12000 feet, which drastically increase the retained velocity.    

8) very very few shooters can make 1st round hits over 600 yards in typical hunting conditions with wind, angle shooting and excitement so most copper or premium bonded lead core bullets will work fine for 99 percent of hunters.  

Thanks for reading the long rant.  Keep up the great work.

We're going full circle.  The new Dinky Cartridge guys are reaching for 30+ caliber magnums, belts, and all!  Like they just discovered something😅

It was so funny. On a gun channel talking about the LRX bullet. It showed the YouTube guy shoot a bear, and act like it didn’t even get hit. He even mentioned he had to track it, although came back to say it was so great. In the comments one guy said he wanted to use this LRX bullet for long distance probably way past what he can even shoot. I mentioned he would be better off keeping the grain weight down, and velocity up to ensure proper expansion. Everyone bashed my comment. They said the velocity statement was bogus. I’ve seen it first hand that velocity matters, so whatever. Then, about a month later, the same YouTube guy did a Berger bullet video. He said that was going to be his new bullet, and how great it was. I scroll through the comments. Everyone talking about how you need velocity with copper bullets, and keep the bullet weight down. There were also a lot of comments bashing mono bullets in general. A lot of these online people crack me up man.

This is a conversation I love having. I got in to this discussion on day one of a South Africa hunt last year. The PH asked what type of bullet I'd chosen for my trip. His response when I said "162gr. ELD-X" was..... "my tracker is going to be busy this week". Those PH's want their clients to bring solids and put every shot in the shoulder. They want blood trails and broken bones and that's fine but the way I rifle hunt is the way I bow hunt. I'm looking to destroy the vitals and kill quickly and ethically. 1st shot was a Blue Wildebeest at 230yds quartering to. It piled up 20yds from the shot. A bullet is as much a part of your hunting gear as your rifle or anything else. And you need to know what it is designed to do to optimize its performance. Ballistic tips do help with BC efficiency which helps retain velocity and, in turn, deflect wind more efficiently, but they also improve reliable expansion down to certain velocities. They will "pencil" through tissue for a certain distance before initiating expansion and cavitation. It's not energy that kills an animal, it's exsanguination. My bow has about 94lbs of kinetic energy at it's highest velocity and falls off as velocity drops. But pass throughs are common when shot placement is correct. I once shot a cow elk at 300yds with a 180gr. Berger VLD and it penciled straight through. Exit hole same diameter as entrance. I didn't want a shoulder shot because I was trying to fill the freezer. Bottom line is hunt with what you shoot most accurately, know your gear down to the bullet and place it where it can perform properly.

I know for a fact heavy mono bullets per caliber are not needed for hunting moose, elk, bear, deer, pronghorn, hogs. I prefer lighter and faster. The frontal diameter will be near identical per caliber regardless of weight and it would be very rare to not get a pass through out to several hundred yards.
270 Win - 110 TTSX, 129 LRX, 130 TTSX
280, 280AI - 139 Barnes LRX
7RemMag - 139, 145 LRX, 140 TSX, 150 TTSX
308 - 130 TTSX
708 - 120 TTSX
30-06 - 130 TTSX coming soon to a range near me
300WSM - 150 TSX, 168 TTSX (I did buy some 175 LRX to try)

I've never recovered a Barnes bullet after it killed an animal

For monoliths I would also add (as a pro) is not leaving behind lead in gut piles/damaged meat. The animals that consume this can also be impacted.

I usually hunt with slightly heavier bullets. Switching to mono type bullets I  have went down in bullet grain weight  for the most part by 10 to 15 or so grains. Seems to work great.

Good points.  My son took a cow elk with a .300 Win Mag at 200 yards with a Hornady Superformance load of a 165 grain GMX at almost 3,300 fps.  He hit it squarely in the shoulder and the hit was dramatic, with the cow going downhill only a few yards before dropping.  I can’t imagine that a 190 or 200 grain bullet would have done any more.
Edit: also, the majority of hunters must agree with you because Hornady used to offer a Superformance load with the 180 grain GMX that was discontinued several years ago… :-)

Swift aframe scirroco 2 nosler partition or accubond and u don't have any of the problems of mono's except the states that only let u use mono's great video as always.

Most everything I use for hunting with everything from 25 cal - 338 cal are e-tip, tsx and ttsx. Moose, elk , deer and bear drop every time from ranges of 100  to 500 yards.

Hunting, is not longrange shooting, it's about your skills at hunting and stalking to get as close as possible to take a sure shot. These bullets are perfect for hunting in the old proven traditional calibers (6.5 x 55, 270, 7x57, 8x57,.308, .30-06 )with a 4x, 6x, or 3-9 x .. scope from a stone throw away to 300 meters. (This is to put the less experienced hunter at peace). Happy hunting.

Big difference in expansion when comparing Hammer and Barnes bullets.   The Hammers expand much better!   Great video bro!

I'm old school heavy for caliber cup and core or Nosler partitions.

I always use Bonded hunting bullets. BUT... last year I got such good results with Barnes 120grn TTSX's in my 7mm-08 that I'm using them for my hunt this year.

Whatever distance you can shoot ethically, use the bullet weight that has the most velocity left there.

Out to 300 yards, which is as far, probably farther, as 99% of hunters need to even consider shooting at game, the lighter copper bullets always win. I really like the 6.8 western, but the 270wsm I have already is better in every way than the 6.8 at all reasonable hunting ranges. Gimme that LRX in the WSM all day everyday and twice on Sunday!

It doesn't hurt to have a 2000fps cap for hunting, but some of the barnes bullets have super different low ends for expansion, some it's down to 1500, so really depends on the exact bullet.

Cavity Back and Maker have some very interesting monoliths with extreme expansion, relatively lightweight for caliber.  Lots of .60-70 caliber expansion.  High DRT results.  Hammer has some interesting bullets as well.

Light per caliber with tons of velocity is where most shine! Excellent video

Depends on what I’m hunting 🎉