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I loaned my '06 to a buddy on a pig hunting trip to Central Calif. a couple of years ago.  I handloaded a Barnes 180 XBT bullet (standard, non-moly, not "Triple Shock") over H-4831.  MV was about 2,500+ FPS.  He hit a pig running away from us up a hill on its spine, about 6-8" in front of the tail.  On the interior side of the spine, the hole created was big enough for a lemon to go through.  Bullet took out right lung and landed in the rightside of its chest.  Dropped where it was hit.  Bullet expanded to .651" (111% expansion).  Pretty good in my book.

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