RE: Black Diamond XR today
A while back I found a store that had a LOAD of the Buffalo Bullet 375 grain SSB's on sale. So I bought all 17 boxes of them. I had the Barnes but since then bought 14 cards of them as well. I was shooting off the old Barnes that I paid over a dollar each for. The cards I got for $5.00 on close out.
Those Buffalo Bullets with 100 grains of Pyrodex RS are a very accurate load.. Another person I talk to has a Black Diamond XR and used them to hunt elk with. He said it did not get complete penetration on the elk at about 80 yard, but was under the hide on the other side. He said the elk went about 30 yards and just kind of laid down and stretched out dead. He said the expansion of the bullet was excellent and the damage of the all lead bullet was impressive.
When I hunted the fields around here, I loaded the Black Diamond XR with the Buffalo Bullets. I always figured I could put that in a whitetail and drop them pretty fast if I placed it right.