Paper is paper, hide is hide, and the 'fire keeps burning.
Exactly. A particular cartridge is going to do whatever it does whether it's fired at a target or an animal. As my old boss used to say every time I'd ask a question.......it is what it is. There is nothing magic about a certain cartridge, regardless of what one thinks.
What happens is that we are told that certain cartridges are outdated, and underpowered when compared to another one, when in fact they still work perfectly fine when used. Take a good look at the newest "fad" cartridge, the 6.5 Creedmoor.....it's a good round, but it does not kill a deer any better, or any deader, than the 120 something year old 6.5X55. The old Swede is still as good today as it was in 1894, yet people like to say it is one of those "just outperforms what it should do" cartridges. No, it does not....it does exactly what I should do, and that is work very well on both paper and hide.
