ORIGINAL: cayugad
You could always load 80 grains and a powerbelt. The recoil with 80 grains would be light, and it would have a lot of energy. You might want to limit the range, but it would be an easy load for a CVA.
If you wanted to shoot an XTP try a .430 grain and go to a 300 grain. The recoil should not be too bad and the accuracy should be exceptional. Then there is alway the 200 grain Shockwave. Also I would forget the .45 caliber and go to a .50 caliber but that is just me.
as usual, YOU HAVE GREAT ADVICE.
i ONLY use 80 grs of 2f in my T/C HAWKINS .50 CAL flintlockWITH A POWERBELT hollowpoint.
real light recoil,bullet will open, less smoke, less flinching,less noise,easy to load and will open up on whitetail deer just fine.
take a 370 MAXI-BALL ,used to be my FAVORITE,load it with 80 grs and you will see difference in the KICK.
to me, the POWERBELT bullet used way i do on deer is BEST SET-UP I HAVE EVER USED.
but use that same bullet at 90/100/150 grs,
dont do it