Paul,

Thanks for the gen......... I'm only suprised the Brits haven't done the same thing. The political correctness there is horrifing nowadays.

Karl,

I'd never given it much thought, but now you mention it, I'd say you're probably right. Not always even with particularly high velocity either. I remember shooting (with my 500) a charging Leopard and a week or two later a charging Lion (both previously wounded) and both bullets went in the face and out the arse and when I think back to seeing the carcasses in the skinning shed later, I vaguely seem to remember that neither had as much tissue damage as a similar shot on an antelope would be expected to have. Whether that's my imagination playing tricks with me, I don't know.

Unfortunately, I didn't photograph either carcass..... you raise a very interesting point though and I wonder if we have any doctors/vets etc that could shed any light on this?