MTMilitiaman
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I just tend to prefer to error on the safe side in favor of penetration. My experience hunting tells me that animals rarely tell the difference in a little lost energy, and I have seen animals absorb a lot more energy than any handgun can hang with, so I think the effects of shock are over rated. In my experience, unless you take out the CNS, then animals bleed to death, and they bleed better with exit wounds. Your experience may vary, but I very much prefer exit wounds, even at the risk of so called "over penetration."
That's why I prefer the 180 gr Gold Dots in my 10mm. Excellent expansion (some would say too much for the bullet design) and from what I have seen, around 16 inches of penetration in gelatin.
That's why I prefer the 180 gr Gold Dots in my 10mm. Excellent expansion (some would say too much for the bullet design) and from what I have seen, around 16 inches of penetration in gelatin.