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canross what distances are you shooting too?
When i first started hunting and handloading i loaded a 130gr Speer at a pedestrian 2800 fps.
At that stage i never used dial up scopes or shot at animals further than 300 yards. Everything i fired those rounds at fell over quick smart and i often recovered a nicely mushroomed projectile from just inside the skin on the offside shoulder.
The Speers and the Sierra gamekings or prohunters are some great performing bullets and generally always easy to get to shoot. They may not have fancy coloured plastic tips or outlandish marketing but they work great. They are also well priced.