I loaded up some 45 Colt ammo this morning for deer hunting this fall. The load was 8.4 grains Unique, WLP primer, new RP brass. The left boolit is a 250 grain PB HP, the center is the same boolit without HP at 255 grain, and the right is a 270 grain FNPB. 3 round average velocities were 1215 for 250 gr, 1183 for 255 gr, and 1167 for the 270 gr. All fired in Rossi 92 rifle. Not alot of difference between 255 and 270.
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I'm planning on trying to get the 270 up to 1300 or so with the Unique. Does anyone hunt with the 270? And at what velocities? Maximum distance will be 130 yards.
The HP's would probably not work well on deer and I loaded them just because I had a bunch.