I was unable to ethically take numerous shot opportunities this season with my open sight Hawkin due to darkness and distance, including a 140 class 8 point @125 yds, on two separate occasions. The second time he had an unusable front leg. As well as a doe @75 yds and again @125 which also had an unusable front leg. As a result, I have my first scoped inline on the way. This gun uses bare 209 primers. I have lots of loose powder and will be working up loads, now that I've joined a local skeet club with a 100yd range which members use at no extra charge. Any recommendations for a starting load combination? Any preference in 209's? I will want my hunting round to be effective to 200 by next Fall. Guess I'll have to go to the old range and pay $20 to do that a few times. Here's a photo of the deer I settled on in the last 1/2 hr of the last day of firearms. I did not think he had a point on the left beam or I would have opted for one of the does he was with. Oh we'll.