The buck lost.............
My friend Bryan killed this one yesterday afternoon.
The distance was 138 yards.
Bryan was using a load of 17.2 grs. of 2400 with an old mold designed by Walt Melander , NEI.
The bullet weighs 262 grs. is gas checked and sized .3395".
Bryan shoots a Tika , T-3 in 338 Federal.
He found the bullet just under the skin on the back side of the deer. The deer weighed about 140 lbs.
May have to step the velocity up on this load prior to next year's hunting season ? ? He said the deer dropped and didn't take a step.
Here is the bullet that he found :
The bullet started out at 262 grains :