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Evan03,
I initially started out looking for a more frangible bullet design as a result of several questionable experiences with tougher bullets. I shot a mature doe with a 160 gr partition out of the 7 mag, and she went 300 yards before dropping on a double lung shot. She had a ton of fat, so there was no blood trail, and with no snow, it was just persistance and luck that we found her.
I guess I'm just quibbling over details, since I'd much rather have a little bloodshot meat than have difficulty finding the animals. No doubt terminal performance was exceptional, and you couldn't ask for a shorter trail. I can't say that the bullet failed because on both occaisions they exited despite high impact velocity, and a design to open quickly. I guess I can't complain, and having had time to think it over, I'm content with the results. I didn't put the proper thought into how they would expand at that distance, but they still did the job, and in the end, that's what I was looking for in the first place.
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