I have had friends that were deer hunters that would closely inspect their hunting bullets and discard any that showed any damage whatsoever to the point of the bullet.

Is this a good idea, or does it even matter?

Let's find out.

First, I ordered a box of hunting bullets with an exposed lead tip.

These are Hornady Interlock, .308 caliber, 150 grain, Jacketed Soft Point hunting bullets. They look great and I know that they are very good hunting bullets.

I then took them to the shop and damaged the lead points.

For the first group of 5, I smashed the points with a hammer.