saboted bullet question
I'm takeing my brother to the range wenseday to shoot his black diamond I got him this spring...I got harvester black crushed rib sabots and hornady xtp 300 mag bullets I allso got hornady lock and load 250 sst's. I ordered 100 blem 300 polymer tip spitzer muzzleloader bullets from midland, my question is the deer in rhode island are 60-200 pounds with most yearlings to 140 on state land.....were not picky because not many shots because lots of people in the parks...so what bullet would be best for small deer were not looking for deep penatration the htp's are hollow point,,,,,should I have got the reg 300 xtp's not the mag(are the jacket thicker on the mag because of the loads?) should I stay away of a jacketed bullet and stay with a lead bullet for small deer 50 yards..thanks for any help...I don't want to punch a hole through the deer with the bullet not doing anything thanks ed