I shoot the 220 grain dead centers with great accuracy. Are you shooting whitetails? What size are they? Chances are you may be able to go a lot lighter and start out around 80-90 grains of powder, enjoy better accuracy, less recoil and awesome killing power. I think we tend to overpower things with the ML, especially all lead bullets. Here are a couple of my dead center 220's after the kill. Good luck, Greg