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I had posted in this thread Son's First Deer
That my son used this bullet to take his first deer last weekend. There was a question on whether or not the bullet exited. So, i thought I'd report on the performance for those interested.

The shot was made at about 60 yrds. I am not sure of my muzzle velocity at the moment, but can find out if anyone is interested.

the bullet entered through the right shoulder as shown here:


It then went through the ribs as shown here (sorry for the grass in the pic):


It went through the top half of the heart causing massive damage, went through a rib on the left side, and stopped just under the hide on the left side.

Here is a pic of the recovered bullet (weighing 45.5 grains):


It looks like a textbook pic of a Partition. I know that the bullet didn't exit, but considering it's size, what it went through in the process, and the fact that the deer only went 30 or so yds after the shot, I am happy with its performance. I do plan on having my son keep his shots under 100 yds though.

Ryan