You're right, nothing is for sure when shooting big game. And a bullet that hits bones adds shattered bone to the damage equation.

But I have sure seen far more Partitions leave small exit holes than Bergers VLD's, and I have seen quite a few animals taken with each. In fact the last animal I shot with a Berger VLD was a pronghorn at about 160 yards with a 140 from a 6.5-06, and on a broadside rib shot it left one of those fist-sized holes.


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