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I am shotoing the Hornady XTP 20 grain bullets and they are awesome! I tried the Remington 20 gr. bullets, because Cabela's (Buda) were out of the 20 gr., and they are shot as good as the Hornady bullets...

I have killed a mess of blackbuck (antelope) does with my Marlin 917V...it is a awsome gun.

The first one was at 100 yards, hit in the shoulder throught the lungs, heart and out the other shoulder. Ran less than 50 yards.

The second was at 154 yards, hit in the front of the neck and it exited the spine taking a piece out of it and reentered between her shoulder blades. Dropped in her tracks.

The third was with the second one at 154 yards, broadside high in the neck a few inches below the jaw. Dropped in her tracks.

The fourth, taken 3 weeks ago, at 125 yards walking and quartering away...throught the ribs behind the diaphram passing through the lungs but no exit wound found. She bucked and then ran 20 yards, stumbled and fell over dead.

I plan on killing a few pigs with this gun too...head shots only of course, but there is no doubt in my mind that it will work for hogs 150 lbs. or less.

I'm not a big coyote hunter, but I have full confidence in this gun being effective in killing yotes within 150 yards.

A couple of weekends ago I popped a couple of squirrels at about 50 yards...Hit one in the neck and one in the chest. These are the only two places to hit something if your going to kill it for food.

A lot of people don't believe this small bullet will kill larger animals but I will argue the point with them. I have done it and the placement has been 4 different areas and so have the distances.