[quote=HuntnShoot]200 SST should open fast. I like the idea of the 210 Partition too, but we're talking deer here, and I can't see flinging big, tough, heavy bullets. Go as light as you can and up the speed. Velocity often helps. It could be that at moderate speed, these deer aren't offering enough resistance to the B-tips to get them to wound widely. If just doesn't seem right, hitting deer with all that metal and them running off! [/quote"
Seems right to me but the I've only shot 2 head of small game with my 338: two 300 lb caribou bulls about 5 seconds apart at @ 200 yards, using factory Federal Safari 250 gr. bang flops both.
I'd use a 200 gr c&c or based on recent experience with it in '06, the SST for a large exit wound/blood trail.
I do in this case suspect a case of Magnumitis. Cure for this malady on deer sized game is .243 to 7x57 rifle. Second would be reduced 338 loads and practice with a knowledge of trajectories pertaining to same.
