45 colt cast bullet help

[Harter66]

Not even close to Larry's experience . .....

At 1050 fps a 454424 (or the NOE Larry noted I have both) 452-255 RNFP will pass entirely through a hog at 135-165# from shoulder to off side ham and ribs to ribs from feet to 50 yd for sure . As I mentioned above my slow twist was a killer .

[Bigslug]

thanks larry

can you tell me at what velocity a 250 would have to run in the 45 colt to go in and exit a broadside shot on a deer at 100-150 yards thanks

I doubt the bullet will hardly notice the deer.

A couple of my own observations on this stuff:

Typical police duty hollowpoint will penetrate between a foot and 15" of bare gelatin. These same loads typically stop in three milk jugs. Maybe 4 on a REALLY good day.

My experiment with a hard alloy, .32" meplat .45 ACP at hardball speeds took nine jugs to stop.

My hybrid 32-20 130 grain WFN also took nine to stop from an impact speed of about 1250 fps in hard alloy. Same load with softer 20-1 took four, but gave a REALLY nice mushroom.

If I remember correctly, it took seven to stop a 265 grain .455 Webley MKII bullet (really soft metal, but conical nose) at 625 fps.

As I often say, the standard 250 grain .45 Colt at black powder speeds of @ 900-950 FPS was designed to kill HORSES; you don't need to lose sleep over its ability to kill deer.

[tckurt]

thanks Bigslug my 250's are at 1200 fps now so looks like i am good to go.

[Moonie]

I load 300gr Lee and 325gr NOE HP's for 45 Colt using 22gr H110/W296 in my NMBH and I've tried them in my new 460 S&W 20" Katahdin barrel. I also load the same NOE 325gr with 37gr H110 in the 460 S&W brass, it will get your attention lol. Feels like you are shooting my 375 Hurt&Hurt barrel.