RE: Powder Pellets
If your rifle is accurate with two pellets, AND YOU CAN PLACE YOUR SHOT, that is all the horse power you need for even 150 yards. Now I am not saying the extra pellet would not be an advantage, but your rifle might not be accurate with it, it will cost more to shoot, and you will beat yourself up with three pellets as compared to two.
For years, we hunted with 80 grains of loose powder and round ball and conicals. When the first Knight rifle came out and I read in a magazine that they could shoot 120 grains of powder, I was shocked. I remember to this day talking with friends as we loaded our Hawkins rifles, who in their right mind would need 120 grains of powder? Now we see the super rifles coming out, the better powders and projectiles... 100 grains and a Shockwave placed in the right spot at 150 yards I firmly believe is a dead deer. A complete pass through would not even surprise me.