Thread: Advice needed 25/06

Hey team, now please don't kick me to hard here as I've learnt a lot since owning this rifle and what I should have done verse what I have done.......

This is my first ever bought hunting rifle and I love it dearly!! It is a ruger mkII model 77, I had a good friend Harvey Westland work on it some years ago and I dropped my first two deer with it, since then it has not had a lot of work due to work and other commitments but I now find myself with a bit of time, and with a bit of fitness work my 44 year old legs will soon be out hunting!

But I did something a little silly, I suppressed it and the barrel now measures a little over 20 inches, it's still deverstating on wallabies with 53.1 gr of H4831sc and Sierra 90gr hpbt, but have I killed it as a deer rifle? I really want to get back out hunting!!!!!

I know the 1/10 twist is good for 100 gr projectiles, do you think the rifle can still deliver a clean and humane kill? I'm not a bloke who likes taking long shots, I would imagine most deer I would shot at would be within 100 meters or so. Is there still enough hydrostatic energy given I had a couple of inches removed....... It just seemed such a good idea at the time! (Hearings still buggered though! ) or can I use a faster burning powder and even a slightly heavier projectile?

Any suggestions