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Originally Posted by Salavee
There is a lot of good things to be said about a good, heavy for caliber bullet... about as much as there is about larger calibers. Best to plan on things going marginally wrong with shot placement rather than "perfect" every time. Less than a chosen few will guarantee absolute accuracy every time.
Learning the hard way is still better than not learning at all. My $.02
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In the days of cup and core bullets, heavy for caliber increased the odds of the bullet holding together and penetrating. However modern bullet designs offer greater penetration with less weight. As for bullet diameter/caliber, the diameter that matters, is the diameter as the bullet passes through the animal, not the unfired diameter.
And when it comes down to it, where monometal bullets are concerned, going too heavy, and losing velocity as a result, can have a negative effect on bullet expansion.