My place being the feedlot in front of the sale yard? Sure! Might get a few hunnert bucks each for those nags, selling them to the Frogs as horse meat. That's two boxes of HV's! EACH!
Denton, I'll make you an offer. I just "happen to have" some 68 gr. 243 HV's I'll spot you for that antelope hunt, just to see what they'll do for you (I already know the answer --- make a hole all the way through just like the TSX would). I'm sure we can come up with a proper way to even the trade, somehow, probably involving ice cream...
As far as HP's experience with shooting deer, I can't see any want or need to argue with him. His experience is the same as just about everyone that uses that configuration AND HITS THE PROPER SPOT. Bang, flop.
The copper bullets will do that, too, as long as you achieve a very high speed (it's the shock that immobilizes the deer until it bleeds out). I've taken out 300 lb mulies with bang-flops to the lower chest, using copper bullets at 3300 fps, but I don't have the number of kills needed to claim they will do it everytime.
My point was that the performance of a premium will have a wider range of application.
To his groundhog experience I can add that a 130 gr. HV at 3400 fps will separate a feral cat from three out of four feet, and leave the rest suitable for use as fertilizer.... Dang, the things farm boys will do with their deer guns....
Dutch.