Originally Posted by R_H_Clark
You will get pass through with just about any bullet in the 7-08. Only reason to shoot bonded or mono is if you might need to put a bullet through one lengthwise.

I might disagree with that statement to some extent. I have shot a few dozen deer with 139-140 bullets in 7mm and it is the only bullet which has shown some tendency to only make one hole. Most of these deer were shot with a 7X57 at about 2950 FPS MV at ranges under 100 yards. The Hornady139 he SP always killed good but I probably recovered about half a dozen of these bullets under the skin on the off side. Switched to a 140 partition and always had 2 holes.

I've used 140 Accubonds in a 7mm RM and have recovered 3 of those out of about 10 shot with that rifle. All were DRT.

Two holes don't kill deer, massive internal damage kills them. If you ALWAYS want a pass through with massive internal damage, use a partition.


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