Score another for the Lee c430-310rf. I am shooting the lee 310 out of a 444 marlin , cast of WQCOW gas checked , sized to 0.4315 . They test about 22 BHN with my Lee hardness tester . The present load I am shooting launches the boolit at 1700 FPS over the chronograph.
I headed out this am early and set up on a proven spot , nice quiet day not much wind light snow , I. Was there about an hour and a half when I heard something of to my left . I watched for a bit and seen a deer bound through a small opening and back into cover , couldn’t tell what it was but it wasn’t huge, I figured it had made me but the direction it was heading if it hadn’t made me it might pop into the next opening . It did slowly,I could see her for a bit but had no shot then she took a step forward and I let fly . She jerked a bit but didn’t obviously act hit . So I stayed put for a bit, I thought I heard her crash . So I went to check it out . There was hair on the ground but no blood . Fortunately she only made it about 30 yards .
When I gutted her out I realized that she was quartering to me the boolit entered behind the front shoulder on the right and exited about 4 inches in front of the rear leg on the left . No massive wounds just a hole and good straight line penetration, as you would expect from a big bore hard cast.
I had forgot my phone on the kitchen counter this morning so no pictures from the bush
I have a pic from the garage but can’t get it to upload at the moment
