Re-reading this made me remember a whitetail buck I shot with the 22 creedmoor a few years ago, loaded with the 75gr ELDM at 425yds. He was walking across across a cut out in a valley. I know, it was irresponsible of me to shoot at unwounded game in motion at that range with a .22. Luckily I hit him in the bread basket. When he dropped, he rolled over twice, away from me, for whatever reason. Obviously, he wasn’t “knocked down”, maybe just a reaction to vital organs being smashed. We may never know. That made it appear that he was bowled over, it was very satisfying.
According to the Ballistic AE app, the impact velocity was approximately 2800fps. Pin hole entrance, nickel exit, everything in between smashed beyond repair. That is about 150fps faster at impact than a 16” barrel 223 with the same bullet at the muzzle.


"The world breaks everyone,and afterward, some are strong at the broken places"
Hemingway