My cousin had a funny story with the 165GMX from his Howa 1500 308 Win.

To summarize, this nice buck started showing up at one of his stands just before dark only when it was rainy out. The next week the weather called for rain one eve, so he took off work early, grabbed his slicker and headed to the stand. After getting pelted by rain all eve he thought it was a bust when the big guy showed up a few mins before shooting time expired.

He smoked the buck through both shoulders and when he got down to the buck, he saw that his camera door was open. He thought someone had been jacking with his cam until a closer look:
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The buck:
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Primos thought it was a funny story and sent him a new camera for free.

He also took another nice 8 with the 165 GMX that same year with the same great results. Both shoulders, in and out with a short trail:
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