I think that is what made the 444 such a killer on TN whitetail was the 240 bullet. I figured pushing a 240 pistol bullet close to 2400 FPS was what made everything forward of the diaphragm turn to soup.
I know there are basically 2 school of thought on bullets. 1) some want a entrance and exit hole for better blood tracking 2) some want the bullet to say in and dump all of its energy in the deer. I guess after seeing a dozen or 2 whitetail fall to the 240 gr 444 bullet/rifle that I found myself in the second camp. I never had a bullet failure and as stated before all but one deer dropped in their tracks. The one that did not drop is mounted on the wall in my reloading room so none got away.
I will say if you are wanting consistent pass thru shots, the 240 Remington soft point may not be your bullet.
