For me, cost is ALWAYS a factor, which is why I purchased the Berry's. In my Taurus .45 Millennium Pro, they perform just fine and dandy. I don't do a lot of high volume shooting... just some random plinking and practicing, so it's really not a problem. As I said before, I load to the same data as jacketed, and I've had no indications of trouble. Parashooter's data is always pretty convincing too!