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Hello all!
First let me say that if the first part of my question has been asked a dozen times or so please forgive me.
I received Marshall's bullets for my .45 about 2 months ago. The quality is of course, excellent. I chose to experiment with a few different weights and styles, but basically I chose the 265Keith, the 285gc, and the 300wfnpb.
Because I really wanted to work a load for the Smith Mountain gun, rather than the Blackhawk this time, I chose to keep them under 1000fps.
Choosing the 300, I loaded it over 20.0 gr. of Hodgdon's H110. [DOK's recipe] This flies thru my chrony just under 1000fps. Using the Ballistician's corner, I figured the ft.lbs. of energy to be around 666, given the speed of 1000fps.
This lead in brings me to my first question...I plan on using this load this November in the Vermont hardwoods, particularly for Black bear. Is this "enough" bullet to successfully stop a bruin without just wounding, considering I do my part. The thought of wounding and not quickly expiring an animal bothers me. I know it will work for deer.
Second, and last, but perhaps I should ask in the levergun section is, what experience has anyone had with loading the same load [300wfnpb] into a Winchester 94. [mine's the Trapper]
I've loaded the cartridge to the correct specs, 1.6", but when chambering a dummy round [no primer or powder] for fit, I find that this bullet is almost too long for the chamber. What I mean is the lead of the cartridge is making contact with the rifling upon closing the lever. Not wanting to create excessive pressures, should I seat the bullet a little deeper?
Sure hope someone can help!
Chris~
First let me say that if the first part of my question has been asked a dozen times or so please forgive me.
I received Marshall's bullets for my .45 about 2 months ago. The quality is of course, excellent. I chose to experiment with a few different weights and styles, but basically I chose the 265Keith, the 285gc, and the 300wfnpb.
Because I really wanted to work a load for the Smith Mountain gun, rather than the Blackhawk this time, I chose to keep them under 1000fps.
Choosing the 300, I loaded it over 20.0 gr. of Hodgdon's H110. [DOK's recipe] This flies thru my chrony just under 1000fps. Using the Ballistician's corner, I figured the ft.lbs. of energy to be around 666, given the speed of 1000fps.
This lead in brings me to my first question...I plan on using this load this November in the Vermont hardwoods, particularly for Black bear. Is this "enough" bullet to successfully stop a bruin without just wounding, considering I do my part. The thought of wounding and not quickly expiring an animal bothers me. I know it will work for deer.
Second, and last, but perhaps I should ask in the levergun section is, what experience has anyone had with loading the same load [300wfnpb] into a Winchester 94. [mine's the Trapper]
I've loaded the cartridge to the correct specs, 1.6", but when chambering a dummy round [no primer or powder] for fit, I find that this bullet is almost too long for the chamber. What I mean is the lead of the cartridge is making contact with the rifling upon closing the lever. Not wanting to create excessive pressures, should I seat the bullet a little deeper?
Sure hope someone can help!
Chris~