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Fabs, I watched a foursome of really, really good groundhog shooters just this year. If I recall correctly, the longest kill was almost 700 yards.
But not one came on the first shot. In fact, the group shot at a dozen or so different hogs, launching up to ten shots at an individual animal before they connected once.
They didn't miss by much: a foot or so on the first shot, and less as they "walked" 'em in.
Every one of those "almost" shots would have gutshot, legshot or missed an average deer. That's my point.
It's not the drop. It's the wind. Nobody can see the wind between the shooter and the game. You might have an idea of what the wind is where you are, and you might have a vague hint of what it's like at the animal, but nowehere else (and I'd wager damn few have a real idea of the wind speed even where they are.)
Jack, Barnes X bullets will open at least some at impacts as low as 1300 fps.
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