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Old 06-20-2012, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by The_Hunter323
i was looking at the barnes expanders for my .54 cal rem 700ml....they look pretty devastating

They are really good but i recommend trying the lighter 275gr first. The largest 325gr can be harder to stabilize because its long. They usually need a near max charge for best accuracy.

In a 54cal the Speer 300gr and 325gr 50cals in a MMP 54x50 sabot are hard to beat for the money. Rainier 335gr HPs are also really good and cheap.

Hard to beat 100 bullets for $28.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/105...d-hollow-point

Alexander Arms uses this exact same bullet in their 50 Beowulf ammo at around 1900fps.
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Old 06-20-2012, 11:03 AM
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Thor for me.
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Old 06-20-2012, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by The_Hunter323
What are everyones favorite/go to bullet for muzzleloading.
I use the new Knight Bloodlines made by Lehigh.

Might look through this thread, I think there are a lot of ideas expressed...

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/in...?topic=77194.0
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Old 06-20-2012, 11:26 AM
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For range shooting hornady and for hunting barnes and lehigh
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Old 06-20-2012, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by a1smokepole
For range shooting hornady and for hunting barnes and lehigh
Almost a yep! I agree but range and recreation I shoot Sierra's - I am not much a fan of hornady

I do like Lehigh/bloodlines this much
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Old 06-20-2012, 11:45 AM
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It all depends on what rifle I am shooting. I do like large all lead conical bullets as they tend to anchor deer for me. I need to put that animal down right now so they do not escape into thickets that are near impossible to drag them back out of. But I also have had excellent luck shooting just a plain old round ball.

I think the answer you seek should be addressed to the shooting situation you encounter. Up close and personal, just about anything should work. But if I were going to shoot some extreme long ranges, from what I have range tested, it would be the Barnes MZ Expander, or Shockwaves.
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Old 06-20-2012, 12:28 PM
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Hornady XTP
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Old 06-20-2012, 12:59 PM
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For hunting I'm a Speer Deep Curl guy, but will go with heavy weight XTPs and be about as happy. If the .45/300 grain DC or XTP won't kill it, it can't be killed.
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Old 06-20-2012, 01:19 PM
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i was going to use speer .452 300 grain deep curls but they are impossible to find so i heard the barnes expanders were good because they have 100 % weight retention because it is all copper and has no core.
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Old 06-20-2012, 01:28 PM
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have you checked out the harvester scorpion pt gold's? Something like 38 cents each and they are a hell of a bullet when they impact deer.
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