thomis
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This is certainly a season of firsts for me. First deer with the old flintlock muzzleloader and now my first deer with a handgun. This season keeps getting better and better! I am very thankful for the harvest. Meat is being distributed to friends and family and a lot of grateful folks receiving venison.
This doe was taken with my Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 caliber. She was quartering to me in some saplings and I couldn't get her broadside so I had to take a neck shot. It was about 23 yards.
I have been experimenting with some nice casts a friend of mine made. I can't think of the mold number right now but they are 275 grain with a very large meplap. After trying three powders (2400, Unique and Blue Dot) I settled on 15.5 grains of Blue Dot. Across my chronograph, these were clocked at an average 1,365 fps.
The bullets were air cooled soft so I kept the charge pretty mild so I wouldn't get too much leading in the bbl. Lightly lubed with a homemade concoction. Very accurate load.
I have the same bullet cast also as water dropped hard. I think I'll be able to load these a little hotter with out leading the bbl too much.
Anyways, here are some pics:
entrance wound:
exit wound:
loads:
This doe was taken with my Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 caliber. She was quartering to me in some saplings and I couldn't get her broadside so I had to take a neck shot. It was about 23 yards.
I have been experimenting with some nice casts a friend of mine made. I can't think of the mold number right now but they are 275 grain with a very large meplap. After trying three powders (2400, Unique and Blue Dot) I settled on 15.5 grains of Blue Dot. Across my chronograph, these were clocked at an average 1,365 fps.
The bullets were air cooled soft so I kept the charge pretty mild so I wouldn't get too much leading in the bbl. Lightly lubed with a homemade concoction. Very accurate load.
I have the same bullet cast also as water dropped hard. I think I'll be able to load these a little hotter with out leading the bbl too much.
Anyways, here are some pics:
entrance wound:
exit wound:
loads: