After reading the thread, seems a common theme is the Pro Hunters blowing up and causing a lot of damage...
sorta like the ballistic tips first did...
Mike, you're a Fla guy... deer aren't that big down there ( kinda like our blacktails) and
secondly I can't imagine you are shooting deer at long ranges down there....
probably more like 30/30 range as I call it...100 to 150 yds...
ya know, throttle the 120 Pro Hunters down to say 2400 to 2500 MV.. and there isn't a deer that ever
existed in the State of Fla it wouldn't drop, if the bullet was put in the vitals.
Our blacktails usually run 100 to 120 lbs.. anything over that is a BIG one!
The second largest one I shot, was 210 lbs on the hoof.
Shot that one at 50 yds, a heart shot...put a valley right down the middle of it... dropped on the spot, after 1 step.
Using a 7 x 57 just like the one I think use to be Ingwe's., that you now own.
A Winchester Featherweight...
The load that did the deed?
28 grains of SR 4759, shooting a 115 grain Speer HP...
certainly a more fragile bullet than the 120 Sierra Prohunter...
but my load was tailored to the distance I'd be hunting at and the velocity the bullet would function in
for the job...
oh and recoil.. was like shooting my 223 Featherweight...
