After three years of trying I finally got my first deer with my Contender. A 130 lb doe shot at 15 yards. Oh by the way you do have to remember to push the safety bar before the darn thing will fire. I pulled the hammer and tried to let the shot go when the deer was 25 yars away and had to figure what went wrong when it went click. a short list. The dumb thing didn't hear the click and kept coming. Too bad so sad, she is now residing in jars on my pantry shelf. That 10 in 30-30 with the millet red dot put her down in her tracks. Now that my permit is filled I'll be using the 7-30. I hope everybody else is haveing a successful year.