RE: first BP deer
Thanks a bunch. Here's the particulars on the harvest....Caught her and a friend sneaking down a trail near my stand about 40 yards away. When I had a good visible shot, I picked the bigger one of the two and aimed for a heart/lung shot. I must suck at shooting offhand because I ended up hitting her in the spine directly above the shoulder. Needless to say, she dropped on the spot.After examining the result of the shot, I noticed the 200gr Hornady SST passed directly through with about a quarter size exit hole. Since it was a spine shot, it didn't travel through much flesh, so I'm not sure it's a good test of how the bullet will perform under a normal heart/lung shot. The gun shoots well and is sighted in using 100gr worth of 777 pellets. I need to go practice shooting offhandand get off the rifle rest more often though! With that bullet/powder combo, I've been averaging about 2" groups (100yds) with about 1 flyer out of every 5 or so shots. Hopefully that info will be helpfull. I'm heading out again tomorrow, so wish me luck
Thanks again,