1996 with my new 14? 309 JDJ Contender barrel took this small 8pt. Load at the time was a 150gr x .030 Hawk SP powdered by a stiff load of Varget ~2400fs. Distance was 125 steps. (no ranger finder back in that day). I remember this well, for ear protection I had those spongy squeeze type press in ear plugs. I could not get them in my ears in time, so I shot without ear plugs ? Ouch!! My ears rang for hours. The buck hit the ground like a sack of hammers DRT.



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