I was using 100 gr of triple 7 and Harvester crush ribbed sabots, they work great and load easily. The shot was a through and through shot through the rib cage. The exit hole was decent, about The size of a quarter or slightly larger. It absolutely destroyed the lungs. The reason I decided to use this bullet was because I have stocked up on them to reload my 460 mag and it makes things simple for me because I can use the same bullet in both handguns. But I have been impressed with the accuracy with it out of the Optima and I was impressed with the results on this deer. Hopefully I'll have more opportunities to test it out this year. I bought the Scope shoulder holster for the Optima handgun on Amazon for $35, I think is by Federal and sold by Holsterman it fits great and I'm very satisfied with it, especially for the price.