interesting test.. excellent penetration for such a small charge, but again, small distance. But not the expansion I expected. Still placed in the right major organ, I see a dead animal bullet there. Did you happen to weigh it after the fact?

I have a friend that shoots an Optima. He hunts with a 240 XTP but even he was not sure if it was a magnum or not. He loads two pyrodex pellets and then the bullet sabot provided. He's taken a number of deer with it. And claims excellent expansion and blood trails. Although he said he does not always get a pass through. But he's never lost a deer either with them.

I am going to have to try that experiment with one of my rifles and use a standard XTP.