Thats some serious damage on the hog, grouse. but at the same time alot of un needed loss of edible meat. i have never seen an animal that needs a hole like that to take down. But, i guess if you shoot alot of questionable or bad shots, it could build your confidence!

Would be interested in some .45 auto rounds, though!!!

The biggest factor in sucessful 175 yard shots is putting the bullet where you are aiming. Most modern bullets will cleanly dispatch deer. 175 yard shots in the field with a ML isn't a chip shot. Any of the bullets mentioned will work. If it were me, I'd pick one that is accurate and you feel confident with.

What is wrong with using that 300gr Deep Curl out to 150 yards???

If it's accurate in your gun, it will kill at 150 just as well at 50...

The target was punched with 5 300g Deep Curl at 271 yard.



Here is a thread about capturing a 300g Deep Curl at 200 yard with 3 one gallon jugs

Wow, it looks like a grenade went off in that pig. As far as continuing to use the deep curls for long range shots, I was perfectly fine with that until this happened, let me explain. It was my son who shot the elk at 50 yards with the deep curl. The elk came up the hill under were my son was standing and froze, Andre dropped to a knee and nailed him in the chest. (see picture) It was a devastating hit exiting out the opposite side next to the spine leaving a golf ball sized wound. Hearing the shot I rushed to where my son shot and he was busy reloading his gun. He said he was sure he hit it but not positive so I give him my gun with the same load and tell him to go after it while I finish loading his gun. He fires again and I run down the hill and he tells me he thinks he missed the second shot so I give him his loaded gun back and he runs down the hill and shots a third time, this time putting the elk down for good. The third shot is also a devastating hit breaking through the shoulder and taking out the lungs but does not exit. As we are skinning out the animal we find the second shot, as you can see by the pictures, it has fully mushroomed as it should. Now here is the mystery, the mushroomed bullet was planted between the hide and the rib cage at the point of entry, not the opposite side as you would normally find it. It barely made it through the hide fully mushroomed. The only thing I can figure is it must have gone through a small tree or tree branch first. Anyways, that concerns me a bit. By the way, good shooting Ron!

I read a couple of rushed reloads. Are you sure you didn't load it light? Maybe some powder hit the ground, and you didn't notice.

yeah, I considered a light load because of nerves but I wonder if you would get a full mushroom like that on a light load?

It would have almost had to be a small tree/limb that took the blunt of the energy. From what I have seen a deep curl do to an animal there is just no other explanation.

I agree. There's no way and elk hide and rib could stop a 300 grain Deep Curl.

That's exactly what I would expect. What more could you ask for?

I've seen some mighty "wierd" things happen, especially in the heat of the moment and when taking multiple shots at game...

I know I've killed deer at 150 with 250 SSTs and 300gr Hornady XTPs with no problem...

I'd stick with the Deep Curls and pop a few more deer and elk before throwing them out...