I've taken a great deal of game with the Keith style slugs including the #429421, in fact its been my most used of any cast slug over the past 40+ years. Except for one elk and 3-4 deer all my big game has been with cast bullets.
Again, nothing will make up for poor shot placement, thats a myth that some of the more inexperienced shooters or keyboard experts would have you believe, it just isn't true, hit an animal right & start punching your tag. Also again I'll say that you need "placement" & you need "penetration", the shooter has to do #1 & the bullet has to do #2.
A wide nose slug going at the same velocity will create more damage than a SWC, thats a given, some will try to split hairs here but both work great & the part about cast bullets working slow & a jacketed bullet working like a sledge hammer is mostly untrue, it can happen but every shot on game is different & comparisons are hard to make. I do believe that jacketed bullets on deer from a blind might be a better option because its usually a broadside shot at close range. In my neck of the woods the shots are usually longer, almost never is it the classic broadside shot, the animals are generally on a slope so the shot is uphill or downhill. I'm confident my cast slugs will reach the vitals from any angle, I never worry about angles if I am within my shooting range.

Forkhorn muley, offhand, about 65 yds using a 4 5/8's Ruger 44 maggie & the great 250 gr Keith #429421, complete penetration & down in 30 yds.


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"bull" jackrabbits, Keith style 357 maggie #358429

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Muley buck, 108 yds using the Keith style 358429 in a 357 Maximum, buck took 3-4 steps backwards & down.

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Heart & lungs from the above deer, would a jacketed bullet have done better?

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Cow elk, 168 yds using a Ruger 45 colt & a Keith #452424 260 gr slug, complete penetration, she ran maybe 35 yds (3-4 seconds) & down.

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Color phase black bear (6' 9") Ruger 10" 44 maggie & the Keith #429421, shot at about 80 yds, bear rolled (not run) 20 yds down the hill towards me, dead in 2-3 seconds, complete penetration.

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S&W 44 maggie using the 250 gr Keith #429421, shot at 55 yds, dropped at the shot, complete penetration.

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Montana whitetail doe, 15 yds, Ruger 41 maggie & the Keith 230 gr SWC, dropped at the shot.

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Another Montana whitetail, taken the next day, shot was about 90 yds running, Ruger 41 maggie & the 230 gr Keith SWC, bullet hit in front of the right hind quarter, exited the left front shoulder, deer was running hard, turned a compete flip at the shot.

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Cinammon phase black bear, Ruger 10" 44 maggie & 250 gr Keith #429421, complete penetration, traveled 10 yds.

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Calf elk, 45 yds using the Ruger 45 & the Keith 260 gr #452424, complete penetration, down in 3-4 seconds.

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Montana whitetail buck, Ruger 44 special & the Keith #429421, shot was 25-30 yds running, hit him twice, both shots exited, traveled 30 yds & down.

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I can fill up several more pages but I have 4500 photos to go through.

Dick