Thanks for the reply. No doubt even apparently identical rifles and the same loads can produce very different velocities. I think my 190 Hawk loads at 1850 will be a good deer load. A quick ballistics check shows 1" high @ 25 yards will hit 2" low at 150 yards with 1000 foot pounds of energy. @ 100 yards the bullet is about 1" high. Pretty flat shooting load for what it is. Well my older eyes and my Lyman receiver sight are OK to about 125 under perfect conditions. I am looking forward to your report on the Barnes bullets. They are a lot cheaper up here than the Hawks by far. I have to admit they LOOK good hopefully they perform as well as they look.
