Thanks. So…place an order at a retailer that lets you place an order for out of stock items and hope they order it for you?

Yeah, I could kick myself for not ordering the last of the 300 gr. (apparently anywhere) from Natchez when they were available. I'm not out, but 8 or 9 bullets won't last too long. I put "notify me when available" on my Grafs and Midsouth accounts maybe 18 months ago...and they've been out all that time. I kept thinking Speer would get caught up, but this is ridiculous.

If you are in Virginia and only shooting whitetails, just get you some Hornady XTPs and have at it...

Any of them from the 240 or 300gr .429s to the 250 and 300gr .451s will do all you need to do to a deer...

Some good advice.

Not me. I hunt elk here in Arizona. In fact, I'll be hunting later this week. I'm already thinking ahead to next season. I'm eyeing some of the now defunct 300 gr. Nosler Partition HG that are barely available, but at a much better price than before.

The results i have seen, indicate the Nosler is a better choice than the Deep Curl for elk anyway.

Probably right for big bulls. I've shot two cows with Gold Dots, and they were both bang flops.

The OP is in Virginia...

If I were going for elk, I'd be using a .530 patched ball...

Good point! But maybe he's found some of those mysterious Virginian elk.

He could.

http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/hunting...ations/elk.asp