I posted a pretty long reply but it's not here now? At any rate thanks Bill for the powder info and thanks to Ron for the wealth of bullet testing he has done. Going out of town for ten days but when I get back I will be getting the Encore ready to test some bullets on our commonly available feral hog. Especially the MZ 300 grain bullet since I have 150 of them. In looking over all of Ron's testing I have to ask, why the plywood and carpet? A piece of raw hide would seem to be better for simulating hide and plywood has little in common with ribs. Maybe if you soaked it first. It seems odd that all the bullets that did not work properly were designed by major bullet manufactures without testing. However I will put some time in and try to get a bullet or two through a fat feral hog in the next month or so.