You have to figure that out for your self. These are great guns but they are not all the same gun. I've had one for years, know a few other guys who have them and I studied Graybeards H&R and NEF forums for several years and those guys go in to minutia details on them.

All that said with the right shooter and the right gun with compatible ammo those are 100 yard guns pretty easy but I'm not calling that pie plate stuff a deer gun. Tennis ball groups on the range is a maximum shot in the field far as I'm concerned.

This was mine when it was new.


Same gun probably 15 years later.


Killed a lot of deer and a few beavers to with that gun shooting my own 240 grain, cast wheel weight bullets w/gas checks, 1600 fps with Blue Dot. The load is in the Hornady manual. Never had a deer take another step after I pulled the trigger on that gun. Shot one right in the eye with one shot.

I never lost an ounce of meat off this guy.