jwp,

I would agree, but only IF the bullet hits the middle of both lungs and the area around the top of the heart. If the shot isn't so perfectly placed, then a larger wound channel usually makes a noticeable difference.

One of the most astonishing kills I've seen with Berger VLD's was a big red stag shot with a 115-grain .25 at about 200 yards. The stag (as in Lonny's example) moved just at the shot, and the bullet landed at the rear of the rib cage. The stag started walking off and I was just about to try to help out the hunter with my own rifle, when the stag keeled over dead, after going around 15 yards. The bullet hit the front edge of the liver and the very rear edge of the right lung.


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