About 8:30 this morning a button buck kept acting too stupid to leave in the gene pool so he's in the refrig. because it's too warm to let him hang. RCBS 35-200, ran through a .360 die, gas checked, about 12 BHN over 42 grs. of IMR-4064 for a little over 1900 fps. Deer was quartering away about 60 yards and the bullet took it about 3 inches in front of the left ham about 1/3 down from the top of the deer and exiting, taking out the 8th and 9th rib on the left side leaving an approximately 1 1/2 inch exit hole. Deer flailed maybe 15 yards and piled up. Dead when I got to it. Meat on the left shoulder was a lot more bloodshot than I expected.
The 9 X 71 Peterlongo cartridge is a proprietary cartridge of Johann Peterlongo of Innsbruck, Austria and was developed about 1917-18. The rifle is a Peterlongo on a 98 Mauser and gorgeous. Typical for top of the line Austrian work. I have pushed 200 gr. jacketed loads to close to 2900 fps with no pressure signs. No loading data is extant to my knowledge. I don't honestly know what the cartridge is capable of but it's a dandy!!
Pictures to come!