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Before you shoot an animal you should ask yourself "do I have enough penetration?" If the answer is yes, then you should ask yourself "do I have enough energy? If the answer is yes, then you should...

This is the best advice so far. I also am a fan of skipping right from 9mm to 45. No need for 10mm when you can shoot a 200 grain .325 meplat at 1100 fps at standard pressure with Power Pistol. I...

Energy tells you the volume of the temporary stretch cavity. Hypothetical numbers but lets say 1000 foot pounds gives you a stretch cavity that, at its maximum size, might hold 2L of water. If you...

I can't help you too much for the data, but I saw on another site where guys were using higher pressure loads for bolt guns, maybe using 460 data. There was even a company that was selling special...

I just ran my numbers again. For my 150 yard zero I am 1.75 high at 50 but it is 2.6" high at 100, dead on at 150 and 6.7" low at 200.

For a +/- 2" maximum point blank range zero at 137 yards and...

I was unable to get deer-type of penetration out of the HP at rifle speeds. Even the cup point wanted to come apart. We are talking speds of 1800-2000 fps at the muzzle.

The varmint HP was...

The only thing about the heavy solid is they make the smallest wound out of any bullet option. He wants them down in under 75 yards. If he misses bone or only takes out the offside leg, that deer can...

I would say maybe with your load, but definitely not with a full power type of load. You can shoot a 158 at 1400 with about 8 grains of fast powder like Power Pistol. Use 16-18 grains of slow powder...

I like to sight mine in 1.75 inches high at 50, 2 inches high at 100, dead on at 150 and 7 inches low at 200. That is with my main load of a 158 gr with Lil' Gun at 2050 fps.

38 specials get...

Well if you want them to drop in their tracks you need a way bigger gun. 1200 foot pounds will only make so big of a temporary stretch cavity, whether you use it all up in 12" or stretch it out to...

I have found no lube groove molds to be slightly less accurate, especially in plain base form. With no groove for displaced metal to move to, the recovered plain base NLG bullets show a skirt at the...

One thing I would like to add to the discussion is that 158s are a great bullet weight in the revolver when your alloy and impact speed let the meplat grow a little bit. An alloy between 11 and 13...

I highly recommend the 158 gr weight bullets for rifles, and I like 180 HP or a light 135 Ranch Dog Solid in revolvers.

I personally have killed about 17 deer with the 357 rifle and most of them...

How much sight adjustment do you have? If you go much heavier you might not be able to zero the load. Would you be okay with hitting 6" high at 25? That might be all you get with a 350 grain bullet. ...

Hey buddy you got that mold pretty messed up with lead splatter. One time I nearly ruined a mold (I thought at the time) when I fumbled a cold 2 cavity mold and dropped it in the lead pot. It came...

Your barrel probably has light chatter marks everywhere except below the dovetails. You probably had constrictions and now the areas below the dovetails are shinier than the rest of the barrel. A...

I had to go find my loaded ammo with small primer ACPs so I can shoot some 45s and reload this summer. Large pistol primers are still unavailable or $150 per thousand.

I had 400 loaded rounds...

Weight changes dramatically in big 45 molds. My 453-345 WFN from Mountain Molds has cast as high as 357 grains with 1-1-98 alloy and as light as 339 with 3.5-3.5-93 alloy. This mold is specced for WW...

Now if you are not getting resized when you seat the bullet in the case, your bullet is going to hit the barrel at full size. You might now want to slug the barrel to see if you have any...

I have been shooting a few pistols with dots over the last month and I gotta say I don't see a use for one for me yet. Maybe on a hunting revolver but definitely not on a carry gun.

How do you...

300s are overkill, shoot slower and hit way high.

A hardish 240 WFN will penetrate about 50% deeper than "elk & bear" rifle bullets. A 300 WFN will penetrate twice as far as a 180 grain 30-06 . A...

Don't be afraid of antimony. The trick is matching your antimony and tin by weight in the alloy. When they are equal you will get 100% weight retention at some certain 300 fps impact window based on...

I have some foundry type that has about 2% copper. I have found that copper above about 0.2% makes for a terrible time with the Lee dripomatic. It seems like it plugs up constantly at any sane...

Lance I have seen in my 357 rifles that point of impact changes dramatically when you change the load. I typically see with my 2 loads a 12-14 inch point of impact difference at 50 yards when...

With expanding bullets, as you increase velocity the penetration goes down. This is because the extra velocity makes the bullet mushroom wider. There are some controlled expansion JHP designs that...