I shot a buck at 25yds in the shoulder and the deer only ran 50yds. My bullet never exited the deer, which I thought was strange. The entrance hole was massive but bled little at first. I thought the deer should have been dumped, as close as it was.

Now, I was using a Marlin 1895 45/70 with, Rem. 300 GR SJHP and wonder if there is a better load I could try out. I'm going to have my son reload some and do some experimenting with diferent bullets. I really can't shoot the real hot loads cause Of shoulder probs but I do have a Sims recoil pad on it and It is real mild kick at this time. I could go heavier than the Gov't load I am shooting now.

Thanks for any info!