The energy only affects the kill by the way it affects the type of bullet used. Bullet selection in my opinion is the most important factor in how quickly the kill. much like this article says you want to keep penitration deep enough but not so much as to pass through without full expansion of the bullet.
im fully convinced that my 257 kills better than any other gun i own on large deer sized game as the 120gr partitions i have retrived have been fully expanded or they have exited the other side of the animal leaving a very large exit hole. i have shot one deer with my 30-378 and the exit hole was very small almost unnoticable and the deer ran over 100 yards
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