Terminal Bullet Performance
MOST hunters are aware that to take big game cleanly takes proper bullet placement and using properly constructed bullets. The term "killing power" depends largely upon terminal bullet performance which is the true measure of any rifle loads ability to kill cleanly over normal hunting ranges. Every hunter, therefore, should be familiar with how his chosen bullet and load perform before setting out on the hunt. Even when a hunter has a good idea of how the bullet is going to work, in the real world of the hunting fields, things don't always go to plan. Witness the following experience I had at one time.
Standing in a clear cutting, the moose absorbed the impact of what I thought were a couple of
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