Anyone taken white tails using the NEF .45 Colt rifle?
Might be nice in those states with the misguided restrictions on case lengths and diameters.
Anyone taken white tails using the NEF .45 Colt rifle?
Might be nice in those states with the misguided restrictions on case lengths and diameters.
Works great with everything I tried cast & XTP. Minimal recoil for a light very handy rifle. I am in thick cover in a tag elder swamp on edge of cedar swamp, have taken shots from 25 ft to 45 yds at the location i usually go. The 20" tapered barrel is much lighter than the 22" barrels. There are no rifle restrictions except rimfire where i live. The rifle is very accurate at the distances i can shoot. If I was shooting beyond 100 yds I have other rifles I'd grab first.
I killed bucks back in 2008 and 2009 with mine. 225gr Barnes XPB and 335gr Cast performance WFN did a number on them. The 45 Colt is an outstanding deer cartridge as long as one maintains their range.
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I have not been hunting for several years but if I was to do so the .45 colt would be one of the top options.
Certainly performed well at the range.
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I've killed numerous deer, hogs, and antelope with a 45 colt winchester trapper, along with a Gemsbok and an Impala, and a warthog while in africa. It performs superbly on game. All were killed with either 250 grain swc's or 320 grain wfngc's. It knocks the crap out of stuff, without beating you up with recoil.
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About how much did that Muley weigh ?
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The last deer I harvested in Pa was shot with my Marlin 1894 CB in 45 Colt. It was a heavy cowboy load with a 250 gr hard cast bullet at about 50 yds..Shot through both lungs, it ran about 40 yards and dropped..
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Taken them with an NEF Handi-Rifle in 500 S&W, LEE 440 grainers mould style 90991, subsonic (985 fps) suppressed at 80 yards, 10.0 grains of Unique and Winchester LRP. I'm thinking that's roughly in your 45 Colt class. Hunting suppressed is a hoot, FWIW. You hear the bullet impact and go through and smack into the ground behind it. You also hear the deer sucking wind, which is kinda eery.
A 45 colt would be nice & I look at them all the time on GunBroker, But I have 2 44 mag rifles & an 1885 Browning 454 casull which shoots the same dia. bullet. Would feel guilty for a brief moment if I stepped out & got a 45 LC rifle (chuckle). Actually have a wife that supports it, she has seen the values increasing over the years & we have parted with a few & did ok.
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 |