RE: Whitetail / Muzzle Velocity / Penetration
 

Many years ago, with 80 or 90 grains of Pyrodex RS and a .530 patched roundball, I shot at a deer standing out at about 80 yards. It dropped him and went through him,killing a second deer I did not see standing behind the one I was shooting at. People get too worried about penetration. No I am not saying buy junk bullets, but if a roundball can do that kind of penetration, think what a Shockwave, Nosler, Barnes, even a Speer Gold Dot can do.

Create an accurate load, and then shoot the animal in the right place. Let the bullet do the rest of the work.