Never had any bullet fail to make it into the chest cavity of a whitetail deer and most of them that I have shot have been with high velocity cartridges at close range. This includes the original BT's
I've tried one bullet that ruined too much meat.
Found similar with varmit rounds, but that is to be expected
with using the "wrong" tool.
Not going to mention anything in particular and start a crapstrom,
But so many here insist on premium bullets, retained weight, and full
penetration. A decent soft bullet, at a decent speed, of decent dimensions,
will kill faster than most premiums. And if the dimensions are decent enough, it will fully penetrate too.
Even those proclaimed "too destructive" almost always exited.
That was where the damage was truly epic.
.308x165gr. Decent dimensions. Don't need "special" to kill whitetails
if you start in that neighborhood.
