billnconnie
12-12-2010, 10:12 AM
Shot my first deer with a home made lead bullet last week, a doe at 131 yards.
I was shooting a 45-70 (knight KP1) with a 330 gould HP.(28 gr. H4198) Shot behind the shoulder with very little damage and the deer only went about 25 yards. My question is (I went to the range and shot some over a crony and found by chance if you point the gun barrel down before shooting them over the crony they would average 156 fps slower than holding the gun barrel up before shooting) do I need to add a filler?
I had not shot these over a crony during cold weather.
I also shot a buck yesterday with my 44 mag. with a 429244 bullet backed with 12 gr. of HS6 at 72 yds. same results as above. I'm sure in love with these lead bullets.
Thanks to all that post here, you don't realize how many of us that are reading and using this info with great results.
Thanks Bill
I was shooting a 45-70 (knight KP1) with a 330 gould HP.(28 gr. H4198) Shot behind the shoulder with very little damage and the deer only went about 25 yards. My question is (I went to the range and shot some over a crony and found by chance if you point the gun barrel down before shooting them over the crony they would average 156 fps slower than holding the gun barrel up before shooting) do I need to add a filler?
I had not shot these over a crony during cold weather.
I also shot a buck yesterday with my 44 mag. with a 429244 bullet backed with 12 gr. of HS6 at 72 yds. same results as above. I'm sure in love with these lead bullets.
Thanks to all that post here, you don't realize how many of us that are reading and using this info with great results.
Thanks Bill