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I have used the 150 grain SST loaded mildly out of my 30-06 (2600 fps) on feral hogs and deer. I never had any issues other than if you hit a shoulder it was toast. This seems to happen with any cup and core bullet. It seems to me this bullet was designed to be used for longer shots where velocity has dropped some so it is designed to be a bit soft for the 50 yard hits. First two clues are a bullet designed to have a pretty high BC and a boattail. I have always thought it is odd to expect a bullet made to expand on ribs out past 400 yards also act like a monometal at very close range and cleanly blast through shoulders. The Partition will do this but it doesn't have an especially high BC.