what grain are you using on whitetails
12-07-2007, 08:31 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Location: auburn new york USA
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what grain are you using on whitetails
im just wondering what others are using on whitetails out there .50cals. for shots under 100yds
list the grain and sabot+ the powder charge
list the grain and sabot+ the powder charge
12-07-2007, 08:35 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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Location: Comance county, OK
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RE: what grain are you using on whitetails
In my Encore i use the 250 grain SST in the tight fitting black or red sabot along with 90-120 grains of JSG.In my old Staghorn i use 100 grains of Pyrodex loose or pellets along with the .44 caliber XTP in the short black sabot.
12-07-2007, 09:09 AM
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Dominant Buck
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Location: Wisconsin
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RE: what grain are you using on whitetails
It varies from rifle to rifle. I might be shooting a roundball one day, a conical bullet or a sabot. Then it might be loaded with a sabot from 200 grains to 375 grain. Powder charges might vary from 65 grains to 120 grains. I like to use different rifles almost every day, although when hunting certain areas of the property I will often times take one or twoparticular rifle best suited for that area. More so for their sights then their projectiles.
Use the rifle that pushs the best designed projectile at the required speed for the projectile to react efficiently and as intended, but with the greatest and consistant accuracy. That is my Whitetail load.
Use the rifle that pushs the best designed projectile at the required speed for the projectile to react efficiently and as intended, but with the greatest and consistant accuracy. That is my Whitetail load.
12-07-2007, 09:15 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
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Location: Land of Rocks, Ozarks of Mo.
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RE: what grain are you using on whitetails
Blk. Dia.
240 gr. Speer JSP .429 Gold Dotw/gn. sabot. I don't know the maker of sabot.
Load is 70 grs. of Pyro P
3pass thru broadside chest shots.
Onedeer iused a blk.sabot xtp 240gr HP.452 thru both shoulders and it was lodged between ribs 70 grs. of Pyro P. That i did't like at all, so i will shoot the few up on target practice.
240 gr. Speer JSP .429 Gold Dotw/gn. sabot. I don't know the maker of sabot.
Load is 70 grs. of Pyro P
3pass thru broadside chest shots.
Onedeer iused a blk.sabot xtp 240gr HP.452 thru both shoulders and it was lodged between ribs 70 grs. of Pyro P. That i did't like at all, so i will shoot the few up on target practice.
12-07-2007, 09:27 AM
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Location: Idaho
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RE: what grain are you using on whitetails
Allseasonhunter7
Using the Remington or a 50cal Renegade during a late doe deer season...
For the Remington -> 260 grain Nosler Partion, HPH-24 sabot, 110 grains t7-2f
For the Renegade -> 460 grain Bull Shop, 90 grains t7-3f, Dynamint Noble 1075+ cap
(In Idaho this year we are required to use conicals & pivoting hammer)
Using the Remington or a 50cal Renegade during a late doe deer season...
For the Remington -> 260 grain Nosler Partion, HPH-24 sabot, 110 grains t7-2f
For the Renegade -> 460 grain Bull Shop, 90 grains t7-3f, Dynamint Noble 1075+ cap
(In Idaho this year we are required to use conicals & pivoting hammer)
