My pre-64 liked the 130 Hornadys over 58gr of H4831 the best; at the typical range of 40 yards or so, no one missed a couple of grains. Occasionally, that load will print one of those 3-shot groups guys cut out and put in their wallets.

A few years back I picked up a couple of old boxes of 160gr NPs at a bargain price. The Hodgdon book starting load of 780 lists about 2700, a good place to be, and I ended up at 56gr, two grains under max. Two deer taken with that one, a doe I shot two years ago and a nice 8-point my son took recently, were both bang-flops, so the moose bullet works on deer too. You're not likely to recover any bullets for pictures, however.

With the 160s sighted 1 1/2" high at 100, the 130gr load prints about an inch higher, which could be convenient.


What fresh Hell is this?