Doe...If I reloaded, I would probably try those 85gr Partitions...To be honest, my gun just loves the CoreLokts, can't seem to get away from them...Plus, as I get older, I'm less infatuated with trying those 300 yard shots as well, give me a nice 125-150 yarder and I'll drop them where they stand...

That Federal Premium 130 gr Sierra GameKing SPBT is a good loading, my youngest brother uses that in his 700 and his son's M-77...The only problem I see is dang, it sure tears them up if you don't put in in the lungs...When his son was about 15, him and my brother pulled up with 3 deer in the back of the truck...The kid had killed all 3 and a couple were hit twice, what a mess...

I have had this gun rebarreled, not positive that it needed it, but I shot a ton of groundhogs while I was in Virginia, in the late 70s and early 80s and the groups opened up to about13/4inches in the late 90s...But this gun does have a
24 inch Shilenbarrel, is pillar and glass bedded, free floated and has the trigger set at 2 1/2 pounds...It started with a Bushnell ScopeChief, which was $130 bucks in 1980, but a few years back I put a 3x9x40 VX-II on it and have since sent it to Leupold and had a Heavy Duplex installed...