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Originally Posted by elkhunter11
As an example, I had four 7mm-08 bullets completely pass through a bull moose at 275 yards, because they didn't have enough remaining velocity to expand properly. The bull dropped his head after the first shot, and I fired until the gun was empty. Then he walked a short distance, and lay down and died. Had I been using a softer bullet, they would likely have still expanded, and done much more damage.
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You just argued two different things so maybe you were misunderstanding or you just like to argue. A softer bullet would have done more damage due to less penetration and more energy transferred to the animal. To soft and it would have exploded on the hide.