ORIGINAL: Bob1961
i shot a doe in ny with a T/C cheapshot 240 gr sabot hp....and it knocked the hell out of her....had a doe in early seaon muzzleloader in pa hit with a patched round ball at 35 yds with a heart shot and she still ran 80 yds....with the exit hole the same size as the entry hole....that's my exp............bob
In my experience, soft lead round balls tend to make bigger entrance holes than exit holes. With my .50, shooting a 180 grain RB around 1800 FPS MV, the entrance hole is often the size of a pingpong ball or a baseball, and the exit hole is only the size of a quarter! I suspect the soft lead ball "splatters out" on impact, and the denser center of the ball carries through....