LOL, Thanks, and no Frontiersman, the 220 gr Speer is a hell for stout bullet, even stouter when it slowed on impact at 153 yards, entries were caliber sized holes, exits were no bigger than a dime, on the side of that hill I got too see the whole thing play out, the first shot through the shoulders rocked the hell out of that buck, put his face in the leaves, he had his back legs splayed out trying to remain on his feet, the double ham hit put him down hard.
I may have lost a couple handfuls of fajita meat, he weighed at least 200lbs on the hoof, good heavy mature white tail buck, no bloodshot at all, as far as reloading, this load duplicates Buffalo Bores load with the 220 gr Speer, my load leaves at 2175 fps from the Marlin, I do use the Lee factory crimp die to get everything squared up straight and tight, a really good shooting accurate load, I cant wait to see it work on a nilgai bull and maybe a cow elk.
