I did most of my deer shooting with round balls of .50 cal., before any of these new-fangled bullets and fast-twist barrels hit the market. Due to their low sectional density, I always waited for a broadside shot with the round ball, and tried to put them behind the shoulder, where all they had to get through was a rib before hitting heart/lung tissue. With this shot placement, I ALWAYS got pass-thrus. The ENTRANCE wounds tended to be large, sometimes as big as a baseball, while the exit wound was much smaller, about the size of the ball. My theory is that a soft lead round ball tends to "splatter" when it hits, and the denser, smaller size center section of the ball is what goes on through. Also, with this kind of a hit with a round ball, the animals often went 25-50 yards after the shot, BUT whe blood trails were awesome! Like someone had been using a paint sprayer to spray red paint all over, on both sides of the animal's path. Up to 100 yards, (WITH PROPER PLACEMENT)the RB kills as well as any of the other types of ML bullets.

Keep yore powder dry!!