Today's expanding bullets are a lot better. There aren't many big game animals in the world I wouldn't happily hunt with the right 150-grain .30 at 2700 fps.
Too right!
I started out hunting with a milsurp sporterized .303 Lee Enfield, but traded it for a Savage 99 in 308 Win, which was my only centerfire rifle for the next 20 years, and used it to put a lot of venison in the freezer. Initially I used Winchester factory ammo with the 150 gr Silvertip bullet. It worked. When I acquired my first chronograph, I recall finding these factory loads ran about 2700 fps. When I started handloading, I used Speer 150 gr bullets, and found the most accurate RL15 charge gave a velocity right at 2700 fps, and they worked, too. Then I switched to 150 gr NP's, and they work, too.
I'm beginning to see a pattern here...
