Hydrostatic shock, plus energy, plus fragmentation kinda rocks. Thats the way to drop an elephant. Journalists are so st00pid. The bigger, the better which trying to drop the target.
and bullets designed for the target you intend to use them on at the velocities created by the firearm you are shooting at the distance you will be engaging your target.
I know what my handguns and selected ammo will do in a biological mass of bone, flesh and packed body cavities. I hunt with my handguns/carry guns too.
I do quite a bit of pig hunting because I can do so on property we own. Dressing out a pig is pretty close to a post mortem.