Try backing up to a 180gr bullet with the blue dot. You simply are not shooting full magnum loads with the blue dot. I don't know what your bullet speed is right now, probably somewhere around 1250fps, but if you move to W296, or H110, you will get full magnum loads that will crono at around 1450fps. At 1250fps a 240 gr bullet will shoot thru a deer. It's about all you really need for most aplications, and it don't have the recoil of a full magnum load. I use 15grs of AA #7 behind a 240gr cast lead bullet for plinking, but go to the W296 for full magnum loads. I shoot both the pistol, and rifle.