At 686 yards a 145gr LRX @ 3125FPS out of a 7mm will pencil through a mule deer. Shot him twice, hits were 1.5 inches apart right behind the front shoulder, neither expanded at all.
help an average joe shmoe shooter out here....
Isn't it possible for any bullet to get "unlucky", miss the ribs on the flight in, and then fly through nothing but lung... which is like pie meringue?
What tissue is there to even expand on in some cases?
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and also - the muley didn't go down near the impact location?