Anyone have favorite loads or hunting experiences to relate with the .45 Colt single shot rifles? Personally I wish NEF had made them with longer barrels but oh well, they're still very nice as produced.
Anyone have favorite loads or hunting experiences to relate with the .45 Colt single shot rifles? Personally I wish NEF had made them with longer barrels but oh well, they're still very nice as produced.
I like the short light weight 45 colt barrel on my handi for hunting deer in a swamp i hunt. I use a Hodgdon website max load of lil'gun powder with a standard large pistol primer with a 250gr xtp, or a 255 gr cast on CFE pistol powder. Both loads do just fine on deer for me. The cast load is much better on the ears and makes less of a mess.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |