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I had 70 Nosler 150 gr. BTs loaded for testing. Ten powders. The cartridges were in an MTM 100 rd red box. I dropped them, and everything got mixed up. No point wasting them, so I took them with me today to make noise with. Here are 20 shots of who knows what recipe, splashed onto the target. How did I do?

But wait.

Normally, people post pictures of small groups that they've shot. A known quantity of the same powder, loaded behind their favourite bullet.

Well, I have a small group too. Consider that this is an 8.5x11 sheet of paper. Further, the circle is 6 inches wide. The powder brands, types and weights were completely mixed up. 18 of the 20 shots were within that 6 inch circle at 100 yd. All 20 hit the paper. Would a deer have gone down, if shot by any of the bullets in the pic? Yep. Maybe not at 400 yd, but out to about 200 yd, he's toast. Finally, they are Noslers afterall, and are magical (or so I'm told).