I'm so glad you said this, especially the last part about any bullet. I've been wanting to say it but decided to let some one else say it first. It is my personal opinion that a big exit wound is more important that a big entrance wound. The faster a bullet goes the more cratering and dissipation of its energy occurs at the surface. The faster it goes the more its energy dissipates at right angles to its motion. This kind of energy dissipation at the POI does nothing to wound the internal organs, only the energy which remains upon entrance to the vitals can wound and only that portion which doesn't exitin a passthrough.There is a function of diminishing returns by adding more powder and increasing the velocity. Other than increased range, I have to wonder how much actual benefit is achieved from using 100 grains in a 50 cal rifle.

I keep going back to my own experiences of 70-90 grains 3f BP and a 385 GP and extensive hunting with 7 rem mag. I really can not say that the 7 mag kills more swiftly. I can't say the deer move any less from impact. I can say it penetrates awesome, shoots flat and very accurately past 200 yards and makes hunting with it boring for me now.

I don't think that PB's blow up between 1200 and 1300 fps. From what I could gather the field experiences of others, they usually pass through in this range of velocities. Beyond 1300 fps on impact andone can expect over expansion, excessive weight loss (fragmentation), non-pass through performance.

I would like to be clear that I don't believe that every powerbelt is the same. The data I analyzed was with the 295. I am certain that a 223 PB can't stand as much impact velocity as a 295 and I am certain that a 405 PB can stand more impact velocity.