Original DGX performance?

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So I have a box of Hornady DGX bullets in 375 H&H of the original non-bonded variety. I have to ask, has anyone got any experience with these bullets? Are they reliable or should I just use them for plinking/non critical hunting purposes? What kind of expansion did they have? For reference on intended use, large, speculatively coastal genetic, grizzly in north central BC. And probably annoying black bears that get a little too aggressive in their attempts to cuddle and won't take a hint that I'm not in the mood to spoon.

I remember way back when they were a new line that there was some talk about core jacket separation and general failures in Africa, and given they're now all bonded I believe that adds some validation to those claims. However, I'd like to know what people's experiences were with the original given they were out for a number of years before the bonded change.
 
I can only comment on their use on African big game;

I’ve used them and seen them used on Crocodile, hippo, Buffalo, elephant and they performed as they should. (This was in 2012 on a Zambezi valley hunt) calibres they were used in were 375 h&h , 416 Rigby

I have no experience with bears, and not sure how “hard” they are. I would think there would be little expansion on “soft” skinned game.

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I have used DGX 400gr once in 416 Ruger on a black bear broke both shoulders and bang flop no tracking complete passed through can't recover the bullet to inspect the expansion.

I have also shot bears before with 300mags (both wm and wsm) but they always took off but expire usually after a 10 to 20 yards sprint so based on my limited experience on thin skinned game animal (cxp2) the DGX is very lethal and satisfactory and it should perform well on a cxp3 type animal (brown bear / kodiak etc).
 
The original ones were junk on thick skinned animals. You can kill a bear with a snowball. (Some literary licence taken) :)

Well...a snowball at the top of a mountain gains quite a bit of mass by the time it hits the valley bottom. I wonder if they'd open up a special winter avalanche hunting season....

Thanks for the replies. I'll assume they're fine for around here and not over think it too much.
 
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