ORIGINAL: tazman7
well I just mounted a new scope on my 45 caloptima. I went with the Nikon Prostaff 2-7x32. Now i am trying to figure out the best load for my gun. I have been shooting the 777 pellets (100gr)with powerbelt 225 grain bullets and using remington cleanbore primers. I think that I want to get some higher grained bullets but they are hard to find in a 45 caliber. What bullets do you guys recommend?
Also when deer hunting should I load 150g of powder instead of 100?
Well loose powder is better than pellets and cheaper. As for bullets, for the 45cal the Barnes MZ would be excellent:
http://www.barnesbullets.com/products/muzzleloader/expander-mz/
You can of course find them a bit cheaper than the Barnes site, but they don't charge shipping. If your trying to reach 200 yards with your Muzzleloader, then you need to use the higher power charge, but you will probably suffer some accuracy loss. Most guns shoot in the 90 to 120g of loose range, now that is a 50 cal. For the two hundred yard in a 45 cal your pretty limited on bullets, but the SST is good:
https://www.hornady.com/shop/?ps_session=3bd89de82bf048da665d22a6a547afca&p age=shop%2Fbrowse&category_id=b2185ffee9842938 6ec671e50820f1a1
If you only wanna shoot 150 yards, then any ML bullet will work, just sight in 3" high at 100 and you will be shooting thru a 6" pipe from 0 to 150+ yards. Speer Gold Dots come in a 40 Cal bullet:
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=000214406
100 bullets for $24.21 is a good deal.
That should give you some choices. LaneNebraska has a 45 and he can give you some personal experience with that caliber. He is a PB fan, and I am not based on my only personal experience with them. If you stay with the PB you need to drop the charge down to 80g.
Chap Gleason