[quote=memtb]
I've shot deer with 44mag, 240gr HP, left a fist size hole on the back side. I'd have rather used a solid and kept more meat.
I must be doing something wrong. I first shot a deer with a .44 magnum, 240 grain hollowpoint, almost fifty years ago. Since then, I've killed a number more with 240grain hollowpoints out of .44 magnums, as well as with 210 grain hollowpoints from .41 magnums and a plethora of rifles from .22 rimfire to .45-70. I don't think I've ever blown a fist-sized hole out the back side of a deer with any of that stuff.
