re: Knock down power

I remember a show that I think was on the History Channel were they talked about how popular the M1 carbine was and how a lot of soldiers preferred it to the M1 Garand. They showed a demonstration of the impact in ballastic clay from both weapons and the M1 carbine showed much more damage even though it is a "less powerful" bullet. Basically, because the carbine bullet was slower, it expanded better and transferred more energy to the target while the Garand bullet would penetrate and in a lot of cases pass right through. The theory was that there was more "knock down power" in the carbine than in the Garand.

Personally, I tried the Remington Scirocco rounds a few years ago in my .30-06 as they seemed to have better ballistics. However, I was less than pleased when I used it to shoot deer. In two cases, good shot placement led to long tracking as the bullet seemed to pass right through the deer without expanding, leaving only a small hole on both sides of the deer.

But then again, I could be completely wrong.