That solves the recoil problem, all right, but it makes the wind drift problem even worse. The 60 Gr load was what I had in mind, giving a MV of about 1450. At that speed, though, the wind drift at 10 MPH, which is by no means an unusual condition where I live, will be about a foot at 100 yards. Even at 50 yards, the windage will still be enough to drift the ball from the center of the whitetail kill zone to outside that zone. This means that even if the hunter does everything perfectly, you can still wind up with such a poor hit that the animal is lost. That's not sporting. Most hunters I know are honest enough to take the blame for a poor hit, but I wonder if many of these poor hits are not a fault of marksmanship, but a failure to use effective munitions.

BTW, I picked that 230 XTP for a purpose. The bullet has a good reputation, the velocity range is well within the "best terminal performance" range, and the lack of a cannelure might reduce the chance of fragmentation. The ballistic coefficient is much higher than a PRB; its all good.

I haven't read anything that the terminal performance is inferior to the PBR, so again my question is, why use round balls?

OldBob47