greentimber,

Congrats on a fine shot and deer!

Your explanation of your load, scope and everything else was very clear, and you obviously did the required range work.

One suggestion I have about lead is going to www.springerlink.com/index/BFPM6CLJ036W3VKW.pdf

Europe is ahead of the U.S. in actual studies about it's effects on humans from game meat, since they've been much more crowded than we are, and have been hunting even longer!

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John Steinbeck