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Dave McC · January 24, 2012, 03:43 PM

Kilkenny,something that starts out just under .75" doesn't need much expansion to transfer oodles of energy.

I've a few dozen deer behind me also, and most died humanely and fast within 50 yards of impact.

Some slugs were recovered. They looked like silver dollars, so expansion does occur sometimes.

Forster slug work very well on deer sized game. For hogs, bears and the odd Smilodon I'd go with Rottweil Brenekkes.

January 24, 2012, 03:43 PM	#14
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Kilkenny,something that starts out just under .75" doesn't need much expansion to transfer oodles of energy. I've a few dozen deer behind me also, and most died humanely and fast within 50 yards of impact. Some slugs were recovered. They looked like silver dollars, so expansion does occur sometimes. Forster slug work very well on deer sized game. For hogs, bears and the odd Smilodon I'd go with Rottweil Brenekkes.