with soft pointed bullets your SD figures are [bleep] after hitting the first inch of flesh.....SD figures are great whenfiguring out whats gonna happen to a bullet in flight or a solid once it hits IF it holds its shape.....means very lil once a soft point hits flesh....once flesh is hit bullet construction is 100 times more important than SD.....
A softpoint hitting flesh will change its velocity, it diameter and its mass, all rather quickly...Somebody going to need to be real speedy on a slide rule to keep up with the changing energy and SD figures so calculated...
And with premium bullets of the same construction in the same caliber, in normal big game calibers, the penetration and destructiveness will still be a function of SD and E.
If you choose low SD and low E, or think these make no difference in effectiveness, you're beyond argument.
People can drive poorly constructed bullets at such high velocities that they destruct on impact, but that is something most experienced shooters would strive to stay away from.
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