Friday 7.7X58 with cast BOOLIT and I did not see a thing
Saturday 338 Mag with 200 grain RCBS and did NOT see a thing. two spooked and wheezed for 10 minutes close behind me.
Sunday I hung back to begin cleanup, loaded the 7.7X58 with 150 NBTs, same windage, different elevation from the cast (perfect for distance) so can shoot both at their intended distances and set it on the picnic table in the back yard. Yes, I stopped cleaning looked out and two crossed the pasture . . . SLOWLY . . . out back. Looked at them through the scope, put the gun down and went back to cleaning . . . never even closed the action.
Cast boolit loads in the gun or carry the pistola and NOTHING ever happens.
Gonna try carrying cast in the 45-70 next to break the jinx. That gun has not killed anything since the 50s.