Going through my photos and came across a few pics that show nothing is written in stone with bullet performance...The gun was a DW 744 with 8" barrel installed.. Don`t remember the charge weight but I`am sure it had the 250gr Partition moving at a good clip... The game was a 200+lb boar that I hit with a 1/4 away shot.
The partition expanded as it always did...put a hurt on the lungs and began its exit on far shoulder... notice I say "began its exit" because as it traveled through the animal the bullet turned and was about to exit base first until the expanded petals were caught by the tough hide. Perhaps if I had a grain more powder it would have had complete penetration and no one would have been the wiser. But, as the photos show, it was stopped base forward............ Who would think that a fallows deer`s neck bone would stop a 260gr Partition from a Winchester 454 factory load at a distance of only 40 yards??? It did... For the most part, bullet performance is predictable, however, there is that rare instance when predictability goes out the window. So don`t be too surprised when you favorite hunting bullet should perform at a complete opposite of what you normally see..
Perfect bullet performance??? Only you know......