Originally Posted by Jeff_O
Good Lord. Now EVERYBODY is going to hate me! grin

The one deer I shot with one... to say it blew up would be an exaggeration; it was neck shot and it certainly exited out the other side of the neck. But it sure did take out some meat. It literally made chunk like the size of an apple or a double fist, vanish. It is, to this day, the most dramatic wound I've seen on a deer.

That was from a 7mm-08 at a MV in the mid 2600's, at fairly close range.

The more stuff a bullet wrecks the faster the animal dies. I fail to see how a large wound is a bad thing.
When using the 165 AB at max book velocity out of my 300 RUM I have found that a exit hole the size of a golf ball makes tracking easy if they run, which doesnt usually happen.