before I knew better, I killed whitetails dead with a '95 Mauser "sporterized" by a local shade tree gunsmith, using WW factory 175s. No spectacular, DITD highlight reel kills....just pass through, quarter size exits, and dead deer at the end of a short blood trail.
the 175 7mm, like the 215 gr. in the .303, the 220 in the '06 and .30-40, and the 6.5 Mannlicher with its long 160 RN....all coasting along about 2400 at the muzzle....didn't need trick bullets or high velocity. They just killed stuff, and still do.
