#1 favorite muzzleloader bullet
06-20-2012, 07:49 PM
#33
Spike
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: New York
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06-21-2012, 02:14 AM
#35
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Anne Arrundle County, Maryland
Posts: 1,672
QUOTE "the animal does not really know that it is dead and heads for someplace other than where it was shot. I would by far rather shoot a bullet that remains together and causes the hydrostatic & tramatic shock that it should."
First of all, please inform me of a bullet that will drop a deer where it stands each and every time and I will switch to using them tomorrow. Second, every one of those tested bullets looks to have expanded enough to have caused enough shock to fully traumatize any deer. Half of the deer I have hit with an XTP dropped where they stood. The other half all had pass thrus and left a blood trail Stevie Wonder could follow. Obviously a bullet that stays together is better but the XTP gives me all the confidence I need to succesfully harvest deer in a humane and efficient fassion.
Hornady XTP In my opinion, The best buy for the money.
First of all, please inform me of a bullet that will drop a deer where it stands each and every time and I will switch to using them tomorrow. Second, every one of those tested bullets looks to have expanded enough to have caused enough shock to fully traumatize any deer. Half of the deer I have hit with an XTP dropped where they stood. The other half all had pass thrus and left a blood trail Stevie Wonder could follow. Obviously a bullet that stays together is better but the XTP gives me all the confidence I need to succesfully harvest deer in a humane and efficient fassion.
Hornady XTP In my opinion, The best buy for the money.
Last edited by pluckit; 06-21-2012 at 02:17 AM.
06-21-2012, 04:43 AM
#37
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Clifton, VA
Posts: 1,101
Speer Deep Curl .44 (.429) cal 240 grains, for the range and the hunt. A hundred bullets will run you about $27.50, which is less than 5 cents more a bullet than the XTP.
If I ever need more stopping power down range, the .45 300gr DC should fit the bill.
If I ever need more stopping power down range, the .45 300gr DC should fit the bill.
06-21-2012, 05:11 AM
#38
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,585
Actually I like many bullets, right at the top of my list are the 54 PRB, and the 250 grain Deep Curl, they are economical accurate efficient killers when properly placed.
I have also some favorite bullets for certain situations as in states that do not allow sabots I use the Hornady FPB in my two favorite guns it is more accurate than the Thor, for long and extreme range situations the 50 / 40 Shock Wave and the Lehigh 200 grain with 140 grains of Blackhorn. I also shoot the 250 Shock Wave a lot for target and if that's what I am sighted in for I just switch to the bonded for hunting as they shoot exactly the same in my guns.
I have also some favorite bullets for certain situations as in states that do not allow sabots I use the Hornady FPB in my two favorite guns it is more accurate than the Thor, for long and extreme range situations the 50 / 40 Shock Wave and the Lehigh 200 grain with 140 grains of Blackhorn. I also shoot the 250 Shock Wave a lot for target and if that's what I am sighted in for I just switch to the bonded for hunting as they shoot exactly the same in my guns.