Originally Posted by
444ttd
i have, for jacketed bullets. i was using my 243win and 85gr barnes x bullet(it failed miserably) and i shot a doe that was about 30-40 yards away. she ran and i followed her for about 200+ yards until she gave up the ghost. it was a mere pin pick threw her lungs and i didn't have a blood trail, luckily it snowed that day. i did every conceivable bullet(sierra, hornady, speer, nosler....) in the 243 and every deer ran about 100 yards. i gave up on the 243 (about 25+ years ago) and i went elsewhere.
my son shot a doe at 20+/- yards and she ran about 125 yards. it was shot back in the lungs and it was a 7x57 with a 139gr hornady fn going around 2600fps.
using a jacketed bullet has some risks(not opening up, blowing up...), but i now use cast boolits. its either dead right there or the deer goes about 25-50 yards after the shot.