Last season, my politically incorrect brother harvested his deer using his .223 bolt action Remington with a Barnes X bullet.
It was rather small but the shot was perfect for him to test the bullet (frontal chest shot). Well, the bullet went in, mushroomed like advertised and wound up in the hind quarter. One petal of the bullet was not found and the deer stood there looking stunned, then dropped.
He recommends the Barnes X or the Nosler Partition for small calibers.
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