I've had good results with Big Game under a 150-grain Hot-Cor. Yes, I know: the Hot-Cor skips from 145 to 160 grains, but I bought a bunch of pulled 150-grain bullets from Rocky Mountain Reloading, and when I asked what they were, the answer was "Federal" - which, everyone confirmed, is a propriety Hot-Cor. Whether made by Speer or someone else, they are very accurate in my rifles over 41.2 grains of Big Game (Prvi PPU case, WLR primer) for a very mild 2500 or so fps (interpolated from Ramshot data, not chronographed). That isn't screaming velocity, but inside of 150 yards they are plenty effective and they shoot well under an inch at 100 yards. They're easy shooting for practice as well.
Mike
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
