But that is one of the features... It would be very difficult for that to happen... the petals are so light they can not travel in a meat medium. If and that is a big IF, they were to come off in the meat they would remain in the wound channel. The way the bullet is desinged and the way the petal breakage occurs it has to be in a near liquid medium.

according to the State of south Dakota you have a bigger change of ingesting lead from a modern lead copper bullet thant you do of finding a petal in your meat. Will not say it couldn't happen but it would really be tough.

Even if you were to shoot an animal through the shoulder, bones and all, the petals will not come off until the bullet gets a liquid medium. They may open but for them to reach 40* they need velocity and liquid.