first congrats on a real nice mule deer buck!
and yeah, my brother-in-law has used a 357 mag marlin carbine too deer hunt for decades,
its lethal if the shots well placed as you found out, but Im rather sure the extra barrel length helps velocity
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my brother-in laws hunted deer and hogs for many years with his, loads a 158 grain jacketed or 170 grain hard cast over a stiff load of BLUE DOT OR H110 POWDER
he prefers the 170 hard cast nei bullet,
having the skill to do so with a hand gun at 60-70 yards is impressive and far from common,
http://www.handloads.com/loaddata/d...ype=Handgun&Order=Powder&Source=
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http://www.neihandtools.com/catalog/index.html

Last edited by 340mag; 12/14/18.