Originally Posted by Seafire
Originally Posted by Dixie_Rebel
My Howa 1500 shot well (under 3/4") with 44.0 grains of Reloader 22 and the Nosler 95 Ballistic Tip. Average velocity out of my 22" barrel was 3077 fps.

Not a screamer by any means, however, I'm betting with this bullet and velocity it should work well on the Alabama deer I'll be hunting.

Well since I've seen elk taken with that combo here in Oregon, at 300 and 400 yds, it should end up working on ANY deer in Alabama....
IT'S got more punch than you may think.. and a 95 Ballistic Tip is a stout bullet....

If you doubt that, then a simple upgrade to a 95 grain Partition will work just fine...

We’ve used the 95 Ballistic Tip with 4064, Hunter, 22, 19, 4350, etc and man, time after time those suckers always worked great. One of my favorites for a 243, my family calls them the purple people eaters since so many of us have folded so many deer with them.

Semper Fi