Finally getting around to editing the post. I've been shooting for almost 40 years and never really seriously hunted but this is my first deer. I shot with 257 roberts with 110 gr. accubond. Its an older savage that i rebarreled. The load is 44.4 gr. of h-4350 loaded to an O.A.L. of 2.88 inches...
my 22-250 will shoot 50 gr bt's better than any other stock rifle i've seen but the 55's will not shoot. its a ruger. I've never tried any other 55's beside the BT's
they make different size aluminum inserts for kinetic pullers. are you sure you have the right one. Also if you put a old foam ear plug in the bottom of the puller the bullets don"t get deformed and save some money.
i was reading the 30-30 post and that got me thinking to buy the latest version and was wondering if it had the flex tip bullets in it. neco told me they are up to version 3.5 but only show 3.4 on the website