Yesterday I had a very nice buck step out at about 180 yards. I’m shooting a 270 with a 140 grain accubonds loaded with 58 grains of H4831SC and Federal 210 primers. I’m not a great shot but I rarely miss. I had it right on the shoulder when I squeezed the trigger. Gun goes bang. Then a big puff of white smoke . So much I couldn’t see the deers reaction or the exact direction he ran. I found no blood no hair and no deer. I looked for well over an hour. Went got my buddy and looked again. Nothing! The white smoke bothers me. Could it be possible that my primer was not hot enough??? I’m very careful when I load ammo. I know the powder measure was correct. I just don’t see how I could have missed that deer. The gun was dead on two weeks before the opening of the season. Any ideas???


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