From one SC boy to another...Welcome to the forum! To reiterate, either the 240 or 300 are more than adequate for deer or hogs. I took a 257# hog 3 years ago with my SRH using 300gr XTPs over 20.5 gr W296. He was about to take off so I had to shoot quick at not the best angle...ok, well almost straight on at about 40 yards. the bullet traversed the entire torso and we found it in the left ham. The hog ran about 30 yards before he expired. The XTp had left a pretty good wound channel but did not expand much. On all deer I've shot with it I haven't been able to recover any bullets.