.430/240 gr. XTP What do you think???
#3
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 88
Great bullet. All you will need for whitetails. I use this bullet with a green Crush Ribbed sabot in my Omega over 90 gr B209 and Win primers. Great combination. About 1800 fps. Devastating on deer. Never shot a hog though. Recoil is minimal. What more could you ask for.
#4
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 330
Thats what I was thinking. I was going to try 100 - 110 gr of BH209 and a regular harvester green sabot. My endeavor seems to like the regular better than the crushed rib. Will the bullet hold up to 110gr of powder if the shot was under 50 yards.
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,585
This is one of the better XTP bullets I used it for about 5 years, its fine for deer even though there are a couple I like better. If you go higher than 110gr consider the 44cal 300gr XTP or the 250gr [bonded] Gold Dot. Lee
Last edited by lemoyne; 10-09-2009 at 02:55 PM.
#7
i have used the 240 grain .430 XTP bullet since my return to muzzle loading 10 years ago. Have killed about 20 deer and dozens of wild hogs with that bullet. The vast majority of those kills were bang flops or near bang flops. Use the 240 grain .430 XTP bullet along with 100 grains of Pyrodex and you will have a fine deer load.
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Same combo that I use in my Knight DISC, except I use 90 grains of Triple Seven. Has flattened every deer that I've hit with it. It's a great hunting bullet IMO.
#9
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 88
IMO if you keep these bullets within the velocity parameters that they are designed for, you should be fine. Hornady list these bullets for expansion between 900-1800 fps. I don't think that a manufacturer would list a bullet at speeds that they would fall apart at. I have taken about 5-6 deer with the .430 240gr xtp between 1700-1800 fps and every shot was a complete pass through, with very short blood trails. And lots of blood.
I just ordered some sierra .429 240gr JHC and some Hornady .430 300gr xtps, just because. I have a feeling that I will always return to the .430 240 xtps. All the power you need for whitetails and recoil is very managable. JMHO
I just ordered some sierra .429 240gr JHC and some Hornady .430 300gr xtps, just because. I have a feeling that I will always return to the .430 240 xtps. All the power you need for whitetails and recoil is very managable. JMHO
#10
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: southern ohio
Posts: 23
Been using the 240xtp with 90 grains pyrodex rs in a new frontier cascade magnum for 3yrs now and have killed 5 deer with it, farthest i had to track was about 60yds it was a big doe, heart shot and was a complete pass through, heart was jello like! Great bullet in my opinion. Shot 3 deer last year with it last year, all bang flop!