mule_deer,
There was always something magical about those silver tip'd bullets. When I turned 12, I started deer hunting where I grew up in Pa.. My father bought me an '06 and the load I used, as did most everyone else that we hunted with, was that yellow WInchester box with the magic words "Silvertip" on it.
Hell, I thought that was all there was !!
That 30 cal. 180 Silvertip was a lightening bolt on Pa. deer !!
I actually tried to find some to handload in my fathers Pre-64 Mod 70 '06, just for nastalgia, but couldn't find any.
You of course are right in your assesment of Winchesters decision on ending the "Silvertip" line. There will always be a fond spot in my childhood memory for that magic silvertip'd bullet.
Tony
