Favorite Bullet Weight?

[Swamp]

I would like to see what your favorite bullet weight is for hunting, one that has given you success with excellent results. Just the weight.

If you want to share more info than just the bullet weight, add it. I'm ONLY interested in the weight!

 

[xdmalder]

What caliber? Full bore or sabot?

 

[edmehlig]

With my 45 cal White Ml’s I love either the Lyman HP Gould bullet or the 45-340I both bullets cast weigh about 345gr.

 

[CatamountRob]

In a .50 I use 250’s and in a .45 I like 195’s. The heavy lead thing doesn’t interest me.

 

[treepotato]

300 gr in a 50 cal with sabots. Barnes Expander MZs or 44 cal Hornady XTPs.

 

[ElDiablo]

In a .50, I most often shoot a .45 cal 300 gr.

 

[deermanok]

I shoot a lot of .490 round balls. They're about 180 grains.
For bullets, 240, 250 grains.

 

[52Bore]

10gr per Caliber, minimum.

 

[Ninering62]

What caliber? Full bore or sabot?

Right, along with - cast lead conical or modern jacketed bullet I think is equally pertinent info.

 

[BigBoresmokepole]

50cal 240 xtp in a sabot

 

[Ninering62]

I would like to see what your favorite bullet weight is for hunting, one that has given you success with excellent results. Just the weight.

If you want to share more info than just the bullet weight, add it. I'm ONLY interested in the weight!

For deer, in a .45/40 sabot/bullet I like fast & flat shooting. I primarily use 220gr .40 cast bullets, but any good performing bullet from 200gr-250gr is where I like to be. With a .50 1:28 250gr-300gr bullets.

 

[10gaugemag]

In a .50 I use 250’s and in a .45 I like 195’s. The heavy lead thing doesn’t interest me.

And the opposite here. My hunting for whitetails is in heavy brush creek bottoms.

Currently shooting a PRB in .54 so 220sh??

270 grain in my Optima but wanting to toy with some 420 No Excuses.

My sizing pack came in today!!

 

[GM54-120]

50cal with 50x45 sabots 225gr to 275gr only because that is what shoots best in my slower 1-32 twist Douglas barrel. If it aint 50x45 i dont shoot them anymore. Not a fan of 50x44 and dont like 50x40 at all.

45cal
350-488gr lead conicals
Sabots, no less than 220gr and preferably 240-260gr 40cal bullets.
Saboltess jacketed 275gr to 300gr sized to fit the lands for a snug fit on clean bore but not so tight they wont load on a fouled bore.

 

[michiganmuzzy]

.45 cal
330gr hp, 340gr fp, 345gr fp
All lead. Deer hammers.

 

[bronko220002]

I shoot whatever gives me the best accuracy. In a .50 that can be anywhere between 250 - 300 gr. Accuracy is usually dependent on twist rate.

 

[ENCORE50A]

All jacketed bullets.....
Used to be a 250gr. For many years now a 300gr. New choice 350gr.

 

[michiganmuzzy]

All jacketed bullets.....
Used to be a 250gr. For many years now a 300gr. New choice 350gr.

Im going to be trying out these 350 soon, i hope.


Mnt Monkey turned me on to them. They look promising

 

[ENCORE50A]

Im going to be trying out these 350 soon, i hope.

Those should work.

Dennis called me the other day and we talked bullets and shooting. Imagine that
Over the winter he's going to make me up some trial 350's. My rifle shoots heavy bullets well.

 

[GM54-120]

350gr in a 45cal bullet should be great with BH209. Some guy was running RUML type loads in a pressure test setup on Dougs or Hanks and bullets over 300gr iirc. I dont think the peak ever went over 33kpsi even with hefty loads.

 

[ThreePoint]

300 grain.