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Originally Posted by bagwan
Another funny one was that I've shot a few deer with a 375 and it did less damage than a 25-06 .
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This one shouldn't be a surprise. The .375 will out penetrate a .25-06 everytime, however, the .25-05 will do far more damage to the surrounding tissue due to the velocity and thinner jacketed bullets.
I had some friends who really wanted me to shoot a deer with my .416 Rigby. (they were interested in hunting but not really hunters) They wanted to see 'what it would do'. I assured them that it would be very unimpressive and, if not striking a large bone, would not put a deer down as fast as a .270 etc.. Sure enough, when I shot a doe with it, it left a .416 hole in and maybe a .500 hole out using 410 grain bullets. Got the heart so she when down in a short time but was hardly 'knocked over'. Most of the bullets 5000+ ft-lbs went into the hillside behind her.