Well, to answer some questions, yes that was my 7mm-08 I shot my lope with. I planned on using the 6.5 but the gun gods were against me. It, for reasons unknown yet, gave up the ghost upon arrival and was all over the place. The back up gun was the 7mm-08 and it was on. I was using 120gr ballistic tips over 43 grains of varget. The lope was 85 yards after a 1/2 mile dash through a deep draw then a belly role through some cactus, which hopefully i pulled the last needle out last night. I had to catch my breath to settle down and was afraid he was going to run as he was the dominant buck amongst three others and had a herd of 26 does with him. A small buck pulled him away from the does allowing me a clear shot.
It was a hunt of a lifetime and made some great new friends. Oh and Ernie, thanks for the show and tell after dinner. I would love to spend some time learning from you about those long range Handguns. Guys those things are impressive to say the least.
Thanks again Gregg for a great time.