ORIGINAL: diehardhunter
I was thinking and would it work if I took a .40 cal 155 gr.JHP pistol bullet and put it in a 45/40 sabot. I can get 100 bullets for $7 and 100 sabots for $15. I think these would make a cheap plinking load. Do you think a 155 gr. bullet will work for deer? I will be using around 100 grains of powder.
Thanks
Die Hard
While like Semisane, you could try it, and if accurate should work for deer, why not go with the 10mm 200 grain XTP. A little larger. Just as cheap to shoot. And they are known deer killers. Try and push them with 90 grains and see what happens.
I shoot the 200 grainout of a .50 caliber rifle instead of a .45 caliber like you want to do. I get the sabots from MMP and they work great.
This was at 50 yards with open sights. The hits in black circles are a 460 grain conical. I was really seeing how hard I could push these 200 grain XTP. As you can see, I was shooting them with 120 grains of Pyrodex RS and I am sure a deer could never take one of them, placed in the right spot.