And the fact that using non-expanding bullets to hunt big game is probably illegal, you should avoid them for anything but plinking. My brother's father-in-law and his brother both use SKS's for deer hunting, both loaded with Wolf soft points. They kill deer ok if the gun is accurate enough to hit them well. Lets just saw that these guys are of the mindset that you just keep shooting until the deer stops moving, so it's not unusual for them to shoot one 2 or 3 times. With a well placed shot, though, the deer's going down.
Mike