Shot a doe this morning; first one I've killed with a ML is several years. She was only about 40 yds away and the Knight dropped her DRT.

I'm surprised that more ML hunters don't use a 45. I'm shooting the Knight red hot 175g bullets with 3 pyrodex pellets. It gives a mv of 2425, and a 308 factory load with 180g bullets is usually rated at 2625. A deer doesn't know the difference.

I don't like cleaning the thing and hunt with it only during the week of ML season, but it's not much of a handicap compared to a centerfire, just a hassle to keep up with everything. The longest shot I've ever made with it was 220 yds, but it would kill one a lot further in the right hands. (Probably not mine smile )

It's not really a primitive weapon, I didn't make the rules. Good luck to all of you who keep hunting with a ML because you enjoy it.

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