As you guys know, I have a lot of confidence in Speer Gold Dots/Deep Curls.

Right now I'm hunting with the .452/250 grain Gold Dot in my .50 GM/LRH Renegade. When (if) I take a deer with that gun and load I plan to finish the season with the .45 GM/LRH Renegade and .40/180 grain Gold Dots. According to Speer that bullet (which shoots great out of the Renegade) has a BC of 0.143.

Looking through the Speer web site I ran across their .35 caliber bullets in the Rifle Bullets section. They show a .358/180 grain Hot-Cor Flat Nose Soft Point hunting bullet. It's not a Gold Dot/Deep Curl, but the Hot-Cor is a bonded bullet. The thing is, that .35 caliber bullet shows a BC of 0.245, significantly better than the .40 caliber pistol bullet.

Here's the bullet: http://www.speer-bullets.com/ballist...il.aspx?id=116

Unfortunately, Speer don't list the overall length of their bullets. I'm wondering if my 1:30 twist LRH barrel will stabilize that bullet. Have any of you guys ever tried a similar bullet in a .45 using 45/357 sabots? Or, does anyone have a .357/.358 180 grain bullet on hand that they can measure the length of for me?