Throwin the front shoulders away cause there's not enough meat??? There is plenty of meat on the shoulders of deer I shoot. On most decent size deer we even keep a shoulder roast, until a few years ago we decided we want more ground meat rather than a shoulder roast. Unless of course you put a bullet through the shoulder then yeah, there isnt much worth saving. But being wasteful with an animal you just took is a sin in my book, if someone is that picky/lazy they dont want the shoulders perhaps they should hunt in the meat section of the local supermarket rather than the woods lol, for the people who "some throw shoulders away.."

I have shot about equal numbers of pass-through shots as I have non-pass-throughs. Which is better? Well, I havent had any issues yet recovering deer from either, so apparently its not as big of deal as some think. Perhaps in thick cover or were traking is more difficult, but that doesnt mean that those conditions are present were most of us hunt.

Just because it didnt pass though does not mean the bullet stangely vaporized or exploaded into bits. Almost all the bullets I have recovered show a lot of mushrooming but mostly together. I doubt my non-pass-throughs have lost any more mass than the ones that were a pass through. But kinda hard to weigh the ones that passed through.

Last I checked I could easily distinguish between the two. Not that I have looked into the maxi balls but the first couple things that come to mind would be a lot less lead fouling in the riffling, and the fact that with powerbelt I dont need to mess with bore butter at all, its been the easiest bullet to slide down my barrel yet. I would aslo bet you ballistic coeficient is going to be a tad different between the two.