ORIGINAL: Allseasonhunter7
im just wondering what others are using on whitetails out there .50cals. for shots under 100yds
list the grain and sabot+ the powder charge
1. Savage 10ML2 44g of 5744 Smokeless Powder with an MMP12 Sabot, 275g Parker Ballistic Extreme (discard supplied sabot too loose), Winchester Primer
2. TC Omega, 100g loose 777, 300g Nosler Partition PP Hand Gun bullet, Crushed rib sabot, Winchester Primer
3. Knight Disc, 100g loose 777, 300g Nosler Partition PP Hand Gun bullet, Crushed rib sabot, Winchester Primer
4.TC Hawken Flintlock, 80 of loose 3f Goex powder, crushed rib sabot, Speer Gold Dot 300g Jacket Pistol bullet.
300g bullets have higher BC, retain more energy down range, shoot thru a big deer, will break shoulder and get into vitals, 250s and lighter don't >>>always<<< shoot thru, you want expansion AND shoot thru for tracking, you want 0 fragmentation and near 100% weight retention---therefore a stronger bullet, that expands to 2x if possible---Noslers do that, Gold Dot do that, Barnes do that. Parker Ballistic Extreme seem to do that--they are accurate as heck.
Chap Gleason