[BumbleBug]

From the beginning, although many took the inference that the "Hot Core" method implied a bonded bullet, Speer denied the claim, but said the process produced a more uniform core & thus a more accurate bullet. My experience is that the bullets (my experience is mostly with 130 gr .277) is that they are no better or worse than other cut-n-core bullet in weight retention. My perception is that if you recover one, it will be about 60% of original weight. Even then the core will usually be loose.

Speer's newest marvel is their "Gold Dot" rifle bullets that are actually plated via a proprietary process. As you can imagine, they should penetrate well being indisputably bonded. The good thing is, their process can produce a bonded bullet that cost the same or less than a cup-n-core. This is half the price of competitor's bonded bullets. The field performance validation will be interesting!