Pretty interesting test. Call me old school, but I'm still not a believer in the solid copper bullets. 2 years ago my father and brother both had 12a West tags, and received their free boxes of ammo from G&F. They sighted their guns in with the ammo, and everything looked great (little bro had a 243 win, and dad had his old trusty 30-06). During the hunt my brother shot a decent buck at 75 yards, and it just pin holed the deer and it did not die. We found no blood no nothing. We hunted that deer hard for 2 more days, and jumped it up about a mile from where he shot it. It was wounded, but definitely not dead. This time my brother was able to get another shot, but with a lead core bullet, and it dropped in its tracks. When we cleaned the buck we found a perfect pin hole straight through the buck right above the heart. It had missed all the main arteries, nicked both lungs and had done very minimal damage. The good old fashion lead bullet absolutely destroyed both lungs. On the last day of the hunt my father shot a small buck with the solid copper bullets, and it dropped rolled over got up and ran off. Just before dark we found it bedded. When it stood up my dad shot it right through the heart and it ran 200-250 yards. When we cleaned it, it had a perfect pin hole through both lungs, and a pin hole right through the heart. If he wouldn't have hit it in the heart, I don't think we would have ever found that deer. Since that hunt, I've been scared of ever trying the solid copper bullet ever again. My personal favorite bullet is the Berger VLD. They kill with authority, and drop them in their tracks. Until they can come up with a newer design for the solid copper bullets, I won't be shooting them. My two cents.
