I took a M27 Finnish, built on a Nagant action, and busted a deer with it. Used irons, the sun was settling, and the poor deer was less than 20 yards away. I could not see the post, but I could see the deer framed in the "ears" of the sight protector, and the wings of the rear sight.
First shot was low in the chest, the deer jumped forward. I racked the bolt so fast my bud thought someone else was in the woods with a semi auto. Core separated from the second round as it went right up the hiney into the heart region. I was using Norma ammo.
Funny thing was, the floor plate was not securely latched. (burrs and rough service) Recoil from the first round unlatched the floor plate, it fell off and the loose rounds in the magazine tumbled to the ground. But, the top round in a Nagant is held up by the magazine interrupter. So I got the second round off.
Never did find the two empties. With Norma ammo costing about 3 dollars a round, I looked for my cases. Maybe they flew in a bird's nest.
Centuries from now someone will find those cases and wonder what the heck happened there.
Just like I wonder when I find flint projectiles in that area. Some caveman was cussing in the woods cause he lost his spear head. Fast forward four hundred years, there was a camo wearing troglodyte cussing as he looked for his lost Norma cases.