BrentD,

I'm certain that is true. I'm also certain that people that varminters are the ones most interested in frangible ammunition.

Further, I'd suggest that shotgunners are different than varminters in that we are reclaiming all our downed quarry whereas the long range rifle folks may be making no attempt to collect animals they kill.

For purposes of hunting large game with rifles, the goal is to have massive deformation of the bullet without any franging. The desired result is that the bullet expands to a maximum size possible causing a larger wound channel while retaining maximum weight. The aforementioned design spec leads to humane, quick kills for centerfire rifles.