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My secondary job while serving in USAF was wildlife control near the airfields. The rifle I used for shooting deer was an older Winchester bolt action in .243 shooting plain Power Point ammo. This was a very good outfit because the bullets did not exit the animals. But for a time in 1998, I was issued a semi-auto M-16 shooting 64 grain soft tip Winchester ammo. The bullets always exited which was an undesirable factor we considered when switching back to the .243 rifle. I found the .223 cartridge to be adequate but not impressive since the animals always bounded away after the impact. In contrast, most deer typically drop in their tracks when struck by the .243 bullet.
Jack
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Fire up the grill! Deer hunting IS NOT catch and release.
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