Thanks!
As far as being an accurate bullet out of that Marlin...absolutely.
As far as performance goes, that Doe is a sample of one, she was feeding on acorns in the middle of a flock of Turkeys on the top of a ridge. It was such a beautiful sight that I just stood there and watched and as time past the right shot presented itself. A short shot of 40 yards or so, about a 20/30 yard death run off the backside of the ridge. Complete penetration.
My interest in the bullet was peaked when I read about the excellent results that Jim Taylor wrote about on Paco Kelly's leverguns.com forum years ago and decided to give them a try.
Up until then I had only considered the 170 gr bullets and had no reason to seek something better until Mr. Taylor's writings got me to thinking. He wrote about his excellent results and that sparked my interest.
I thought I would use the Speer 130's much more but I have "burdened" myself with too many guns and the reality of not enough time.
Having plenty of rifles is a good problem to have.
