grizzly 2

I have used the Nosler .451/260 grain partition for years. It was a great bullet and certainly no complaint from about their performance.... problem - Nosler is no longer offering them. They still offer the .458/300 (45-70) grain Nosler Partition but that can certainly be a bit much for Whitetail.

Last year I changed to new bullet (new to me) offered by Lehigh. They make solid brass bullets that operate on a different theory - rather than the normal expansion theory - and for us old folks it is kinda hard to accept. Other than it works.

For deer I beleived that I was going to use the .452/250 grain Lehigh HP. I shot a lot of them at paper and through a chrono. Then as I developed a plan I ended up deciding that I would use a .458/275 grain HP for elk and a .400/200 grain for deer.

That little 10mil/200 grain bullet is a real hummer.

But as already mentioned they are some really decent bullets available on the market - just got to find the one that you might gain some faith in. You mentioned the Gold Dots (now changing their name to Deep Curl's) . They are excellent bullets also...

Good luck