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Magnus Vassbotn

That sounds like a very promising load for red deer. It will quite possibly cause a bit of a mess with close range hits in the shoulder bone, but good in most other ways. The less dramatic meat destruction at close range is one benefit of the slightly heavier bullets at less velocity (I have used the 208 eld-m @ 2500 a bit, and it is not really bad). But the 175 has a slightly better PBR, like you say. So it depends a lot on personal preference and whether your emphasis is more towards meat saving, or the quickest possible, most spectacular kill. Good, fun reaserch eitherway.