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Old 04-12-2011 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by TPK
I'm just starting to handload for my hornet. What bullets and loads do you use ? Do you take head/neck shots or does heart/lung shots work as well?

Ive used 45 gr hornadies and 50 gr nosler bt handloaded with equal success also remington 45gr HP's factory loads with equall success.
All my shots are to the neck of deer and the head of hogs, everything has gone straight down.
the only thing i shot in the body was a small 50lb pig, with rem 45 gr hp's, it had like 3 exit wounds, also went straight down from about 25 yds from a stalk I put on him.
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