Hello, sir, and thank you for the kind words. The handload I'm using is just below that. I think it's doing about 2550 ft/sec which is fine. Penetration was complete on the deer. At the slightly reduced velocity, the Sierra doesn't expand quite as aggressively. Surprisingly, I tried a 125 gr JSP over a little stouter charge, but still not enough to strain the gun, and get something like 2900 ft/sec. Both group pretty darned well at 100 yards off a bench, but I use 25 yard pistol targets as that makes about the right size "dot" for use with the 2X scope.
Best.