This is totally from my experience with both VLD Hunting and Classic Hunter bullets in 7mm. I shoot the 7mm 168gr VLD Hunter in my 7X300WSM at 3150 fps. I shoot the 7mm 168gr Classic Hunter in my 7mm-08 at 2850 fps. I have shoot 2 deer and 1 pronghorn with the vld and 1 elk with the classic. All 3 animals I shot with the VLD died right on the spot, all 3 were good broadside shots at 150 to 250 yards. All 3 bullets caused massive internal damage to the point that the lungs and heart where jelly. The elk with the classic, not so much. He was broadside at 40 yards walking very slowly when I shot him the first shot. This shot went through 1 lung and into the far shoulder breaking it but not doing a tremendous amount of damage. The second shot was 2 inches behind that shot, hit 1 rib, front of the liver and back end of the far lung before hitting a rib on the far side and powdering. The third shot was straight on as the animal turned and looked at me, I hit him just to 1 side of the brisket and the bullet exploded just inside the skin and didn't penetrate through the ribcage. The forth shot was in the opposite shoulder from the first 2. This bullet hit him right behind the shoulder, hit a rib and exploded, causing nothing more than superficial wounds. These 4 shots were all within 40 yards. The 5th and final shot was a Texas Heart shot at about 200 yards that penetrated 2 inches right of his hole and entered the right rear flank. This bullet actually caused some serious damage and is what killed him. He bled out in seconds. Yeah he would have died from the 2 punched lunges eventually but he would have been a long ways from where I shot him when he did.
Take this all with a giant grain of salt as there are at least 1,000,000 variables to how a bullet performs on impact but I can tell you that I will not be using the classic hunters anymore.
