Thank you, Gentlemen. As much as I would have preferred that animal to be a world class buck, it in no way diminishes my satisfaction that he is not. I have taken many deer with many different rifles, but few of them rank as high in satisfaction as this one....and that is because I was using such a classic rifle.

NitroX, rest assured that there are sp bullets that may work in your rifle. You just have to play around with the OAL until you hit the sweet spot that gets them to feed to your satisfaction. As noted, these Norma factory sp rounds have to be chambered with some authority in my rifle or they will hang up.

Despite my success with the Norma ammo, after the few I have left are gone I will be doing all my hunting with 156/160 gr RN reloads. Not because they work any better (although they do feed slicker), but because they are the traditional 1903 load and that's just how I lean!