old ww5
handgun bullets are not as dependable
Well, I would argue that point a whole lot. It really depends on which bullet you choose. As an example the Gold Dot is a bonded bullet and doesstay together in some tough situations. The Noslers are hand gun bullets and they offer the same toughness as the barns or the swifts, alsthough i do shoot a .458(45/70) bullet for elk. The only hand gun bullet of 44/45 cal 240 grain and above that I have ever had a problem with is the Hornady when shooting it into a dirt rock medium it will strip the lead from the copper - including the interlock. But, that hasn't got a whole lot of relevance when shooting animals. There has been more deer killed with a 240 grain Hornady pistol bullet than all of the rest of the ML bullets, but I do not like it so I do not shoot it.
My loads are a little different than yours.... I shoot 110 grains of T7-2f in the inlines (only shoot 100 grains in my 24" Remington) but everything else shoots 110 grains.
now i have been using hornady4300 pn..430dia 265gr fp-interlock to practice this is rifle bullet 444mag. i have no idea if this bullet will work well to hunt..
Can not imagine why they would not.... the 240 to 270 class bullet is probably the most popular size bullet for deer class animals.
A lot of people are now shooting the Hornady 200 grain 10mm bullet and getting tremendous down range performance both on paper and animals. Then again that is a hand gun bullet but the 200 SST or Shockwave is gaining a huge group of supporters. When you can shoot a ML bullet @ 2400 fps from a ML - that adds up to a bunch of energy and trajectory.