Great deer, and great shot. Would you be willing to give load data..or a source you used. It's what I'd like to load in my H&R Whelen.
Mark
if you do a search on here it should show up, or Tim might put up a link
. Both Tim and I did some load development here's what I use, just be sure to use common sense and do some development on your own.
225 grain Barnes TSX
61.5 grains of Alliant Reloader 15
seated .005 off the lands
super accurate in my gun
the weight? I have no idea but he was big. I was 3-4 miles in and wasn't about to pack out bones (except antlers!)so he was boned out in the field. The pack was super heavy though! Pretty sore today....