I love the big bores, I truly do, and I've killed quite a few deer with them. The only ones dropped in their tracks with big bores (45/70, .444 Marlin, .375 Winchester ) were high shoulder shots. The other deer all ran a lot further than I thought they should have. Several were low shoulder and point on shoulder (quartering toward) shots and they still ran up to 75 yards away. Several of those I could take the front leg from the impact side and flip it up over their backs. That's how demolished the shoulder was. Dead deer either way.
I really like them, but on deer my experience has been they kill no better than the 30/30.
Last edited by paint; 12/30/14.
