Originally Posted by
sabotloader
The additional frontal are adds to the hit the animal takes, improves hydrostatic shock, and leaves a lot of energy in the animal before it departs.
The shock is what I am looking for. I switched to Nosler Partitions in my .30-06 after not getting pass throughs with Winchester Silvertips. The devastation from the Nosler is awesome and I swear deer that I hit with it right or nearly right don't even take another step. If I can get a muzzleloader bullet to do that, then I would switch for sure.
The deer I got Saturday took about 5 steps so I am not complaining, but I only hit one lung and missed the heart so I can't really say what it would have done with a better shot placement. But I would like a bullet that can partially make up for improper placement though I don't want to depend on that. I will say, the hole through the lung was very big, you could put your thumb through it.