Ammunition: Penetration vs Expansion
Expansion bullets do more bleeding damage but don’t go as deep into the animal. They’ll only damage one organ and can get stopped by bones. So you need to wait for a clear shot where you can see the vital spots. Bad angles will waste your shot.
Penetration bullets don’t do as much damage on impact but they can pierce through bone and several organs at once, which is more lethal than any damage done with an expansion round. Polymer rounds are ideal for one-hit kill shots via brain, spine or heart.
The downside of polymer tips is that they need to hit multiple organs to be effective. If you mess up and hit only one organ, the animal won’t die as quickly because penetration rounds weren’t design for trauma damage like expansion rounds.
Polymer/Penetration tips are better 90% of the time and that’s why they cost more money and take longer to unlock; it’s a progression thing. You go through less effective material before you can use better stuff.
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