U ever use the 130 Speer or the 145?
Dober
I used Speer's 130gr BTSP on 2 or 3 white tails. Using a max load of H4350, I got around 2800 fps. Switched to H4895 and picked up another 50 or so fps with similar accuracy. These results from the 20" barrel of my model 7.
The 130 killed everything I hit with it, but on the biggest deer I shot with it, a good sized doe that field dressed at a weighed 140lbs., it failed to exit on a high shoulder shot at about 40 yds, broadside. The remains of the jacket were found just under the hide on the offside.
I've also used the Sierra 120gr Prohunter bullet on one buck. Shot while angling fairly sharply away. Bullet hit near the rear of the rib cage and exited, in 2-3 pieces from the rear edge of the offside shoulder. Muzzle velocity on this bullet, pushed by H4895, was near 3,000 fps.
I'm now using H4895 for bullets 140grs and lighter. Accuracy has been as good as any other powder I've tried and in my particular barrel, the only thing that comes close in velocity is H414.
