My first ML ever was a .45 CVA "Kentucky" pistol... I started casting Maxi's for it and stuck with .45s ever since.

Now I have a slew of sidelock rifles/pistols, all .45s and they seem to kill just fine, some of them with only 50 gns of powder, and that damned 777 is pushing $30/lb down here!

I don't doubt that the .50 is Hell and Jesus on game, I've just stuck with the 'pipsqueak' .45s for convenience, and I like to be a little different too.

If I can push a pure-lead242 gn Maxi out at 1500-1600 fps withdecent accuracy, well, that's pretty good medicine for Texas whitetails and hogs, I've found.

To each his own, I reckon!

HH!
BP