hornady great plains 385grs

[thumper50]

I picked up a box of the 385gr hphbs yesterday. Any recomendations on charges and types of powder? Use a wad or not? Going to try them in the wmc .50 and the new englander .50. Any suggestions will be appreciated!! Thanks!!!

[Indiana SmokePole]

Thumper50

These shoot very well out of some of my guns, I am shooting them with 75gr - 80gr 2fg loose 777 No wad the bases are designed to to flare out to seal the boar upon powder ignighting a wad will throw Accuracy off .
I can shoot a vey tight Clover leaf at 100yds with thiese .

Ron

[thumper50]

Thanks, that gives me a starting point!!

[Chasam60]

They shoot well in my new englander with 80/90gr 777 no wad.They do a job on a deer for sure.

Charlie

[Semisane]

They are the best bullet out of my New Englander. I use 90 grains Pyrodex RS. Always a pass through and a dead deer.

[corey012778]

let me take notes on this as well, great plains, 80 to 90 grs rs or 777 in a new englander.

[Mossie]

I shoot em in a RMC 1/28 twist flinter with great results. I have not dropped the hammer on a deer with one yet but can't see that it would not be anything short of outstandging bullet performance. I have heard that sometimes thay don't track real straight thru game if they don't have some good twist on them though. I use 90-100 grains of Goex and Swiss 3f powders under mine.

The barrel doesn't have a whole lot of rounds through it yet and I shoot a few of them everytime I practice with it. They keep getting more and more accurate so far as the barrel smooths out.