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6.5x55 Swedish Mauser is my pick. Mine was handed down from my father and is my absolute favorite whitetail cartridge. With my reloads it'll group into <1" at 100 yds and drops deer like there's no tomorrow when I do my part. My longest shot at a deer was in the neighborhood of 100yds, shortest about 15yds. I'm actually considering picking up a couple of the CZ rifles in 6.5x55 for my boys for when they are old enough to start hunting I like the cartridge that much. All that being said There usually is some meat loss around the wound but generally not too bad, I imagine that if hit in the shoulder you'd lose most of that shoulder. I think you're probably going to lose meat no matter what cartridge you use if it penetrates the shoulder but I could be wrong.
Stu
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