This is the kind of topic I am afraid,where many just have to agree to disagree. Each have their own theory of bullet performance based on reading, range testing, and in the field circumstances and experiences. I personally think shot placement is the first and formost step to effectivly taking an animal, no matter what your shooting.

For years my friends would kid me about hunting with a simple roundball in .54 caliber during modern season. We'd go hunting, them with their modern rifles and me with my Renegade. At the end of the day, they had a deer and I had a deer. Did the rifle make the difference? Maybe, but I always just considered myself lucky when I got a good close shot at one. I then concerned myself with putting that roundball in a spot where it did the most damage.

I personally do believe in the importance of the hydro static shock theory. I've seen too many deer hit poorly, go down with massive internal trama in a short period of time. I also am one that wants that projectile to pass through and not the bullet stopping inside the cavity. Again, that would be my personal preference. I want a projectile that is ACCURATE and after it hits does not fragment too badly,it destroys major organs while at the same time transfering its energy to the other body tissue. In my experiences, when I have a projectile like that, I have deer on the ground.

I have seen what the different projectiles do to deer. Which one is best is dependent on where I am hunting, and the distance I might have to shoot. But this has been a most interesting thread and I thank you for all the good reading.