54 prb and 70 grains Deer load?

[elbow]

Shot my TC 54 New EnglAnder with a 530 prb 018 patch and 70 grains of Pyrodex RS today and could cut holes at 70 yards. Most accurate load I've found yet. Seems like not much powder for a 54 is this a good whitetail load?

 

[wvbuckbuster]

That load at that range will bring home the meat! :thumbsup: Dan.

 

[BrownBear]

My wife refuses to use more than 60 grains of 3f Goex in her 54 Deerstalker. Never shoots deer beyond 50 yards, but we've never managed to recover a ball from one either. Through-and-through on lung shots and DRT. The ones I shoot with 90 grains of 3f from a 54 don't drop any faster or run any less.

 

[cynthialee]

My wife refuses to use more than 60 grains of 3f Goex in her 54 Deerstalker. Never shoots deer beyond 50 yards, but we've never managed to recover a ball from one either. Through-and-through on lung shots and DRT. The ones I shoot with 90 grains of 3f from a 54 don't drop any faster or run any less.

Sounds like something that should be repeated. Dead is dead.

 

[S.Kenton]

I shoot 80 grains of Goex in my 54 cal Hawken.I've killed my fair share with that load. 70 Grains will be fine.

 

[KHickam]

Plenty :hatsoff:

 

[jamesthomas]

That sounds like a good load! bullet placement is just as if not more important as power. It should bring home the venison if you get a shot.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

From my 38" Colerain .54 barrel, a .530 PRB with 70 grains of 3Fg goes through the deer broadside at 100 yards. My TC New Englander also likes the load..., though only on paper so far...

LD

 

[gunmaker43]

That'll definitely do it for deer. My hunting pard. shot a nice elk cow last year with that load, she didn't fall---but she didn't go very far either as it went thru her heart & broke the rt. shoulder joint ! Shot placement trumps muzzle vel. every time. ...Tom