so what caliber and Boolit do you use to deer hunt with. i have been using a 300gr g/c boolit in my Encore 454
over 27.5 gr of H110 but thinking of switching this year to my Ruger SBH and using a 265gr Keith style boolit
so just asking what you-all use
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44 mag Red hawk with a 429-421 over 22 grains of 2400. That is over-kill for the dinky deer where I hunt.
Unfortunately,Rumor has it that we are going unleaded this year, which, if true, will put the kibosh on Handgun hunting in California. Most nonlead projectiles are unlawful under federal laws designed to prevent AP pistol rounds. Supposedly Hornady has a bullet that is both lawful and unleaded, but I haven't seen it. I may end up out of state.
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Back when I did it I used S&W 29 8 3/8 .44 mag with 245 grn over health load of 2400
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Same as Artful except mine is a 629, 240gr boolit & I use 21gr of 2400.
FA 83 in 50ae with an accurate mold 502325g over a healthy charge of H110.
S&W 629 5" Classic DX with Hi-Viz front sight made by EDM for my tired old eyes, and Lyman's 429640PB Devastator HP; cast from 1/2 WW+1%tin and 1/2 pure pb and 17g of WC 820. 1120fps and SD of 16.
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I have used several different .44mag revolvers for deer hunting here in Pennsylvania, although not recently. Where I hunt has a lot of open blueberry flats and swampland and the shots tend to be long, so I have mostly used a bolt-action 7mmMag in recent years.
If I use a handgun this year, it will either be my SBH Hunter in .45Colt or my Dan Wesson .375SuperMag.
Well, for decades, I've used a T/C Contender in 7x30 waters. I use the Nosler Ballistic tip bullets, 150 grn weight. Over 100 whitetails, an elk & other critters have fallen with one shot from this.
I have also carried a 45 Colt cal Ruger OM Blackhawk with a hand cast Miha 265 grn Penta HP for deer.
FA 83 454 with 45 Colt cylinder installed, and 45-270-SAA cast from ww + 2% tin over a healthy dose of IMR 4227 for about 1,180 fps.
Taurus Raging Bull 5" bbl, .454, 275 grain RNFP booit, 24 grains of AA#9.
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All of these have worked. All 429421 solid or hp. Hp is 50/50 acww pb. 18.5 of 2400, 22.0 of 4227, and currently 22.0 of H110/296. Never recovered a boolit. Shots from 30 to 65 yards.
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Water dropped COWW (I get the COWW alloy from jetsfan-24) and enough 4227 to get this bullet up to a muzzle velocity of 1500fps out of a 454 Casull BFR.
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Results on last year's antlerless tag. I shot just behind the head as it faced me with its head down browsing is why you can't see an entry and exit wound in this pic:
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