I have a 1967 vintage Ruger 44 International and shoot either REM or WIN 240 grain JSPs.

I've only shot whitetails with this rifle, but if I shoot them through the lungs they die, but not as quickly as when shot with a bullet with a higher velocity impact. The REM and WIN 240 grain bullets seem pretty soft and I don't know how well they would break heavy bones, if breaking heavy bone was an important consideration.

If I end up retiring in NH, that old Ruger is going to get a lot more use than it has since moving to NE in 1990.