One good bullet
It appears that if I can't find a fast-twist model 99, I might still load ammunition for deer hunting using these bullets, the Sierra 90-grain hollow-point boat-tail GameKing.
![[image]](images/uploaded/2026032622455569c5b723ea0b1.png)
They say it's tough enough for the application. The 1:14 rifling should stabilize it. The cartridge should move it out at 3,000 FPS. Placed properly, it should do the job at any reasonable Eastern deer woods hunting distances.
Now to find the rifle...
-AaronB
Complete thread:
- Well that tears it... (new caliber) -
AaronB,
2026-03-23, 14:04
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- The one in 14 twist won't stabilize real spitzers... -
JD,
2026-03-23, 14:21
- How fast were you pushing them? -
AaronB,
2026-03-24, 07:48
- How fast were you pushing them? -
JD,
2026-03-24, 15:47
- Well there goes that theory. -
AaronB,
2026-03-24, 15:57
- Well there goes that theory. - JD, 2026-03-24, 20:42
- Well there goes that theory. -
AaronB,
2026-03-24, 15:57
- How fast were you pushing them? -
JD,
2026-03-24, 15:47
- How fast were you pushing them? -
AaronB,
2026-03-24, 07:48
- Well that tears it... (new caliber) - Jared, 2026-03-25, 08:56
- Tip you over the edge...maybe? -
Hoot,
2026-03-25, 12:52
- Sounds good to me. -
AaronB,
2026-03-25, 17:20
- Sounds good to me. - Hoot, 2026-03-26, 12:24
- Sounds good to me. -
AaronB,
2026-03-25, 17:20
- One good bullet - AaronB, 2026-03-26, 17:46
- Aaron...which email is best for you? -
Hoot,
2026-03-27, 08:10
- gmail please. NT. -
AaronB,
2026-03-27, 08:37
- Inbound! - Hoot, 2026-03-27, 12:22
- gmail please. NT. -
AaronB,
2026-03-27, 08:37
- The one in 14 twist won't stabilize real spitzers... -
JD,
2026-03-23, 14:21