longcruise
70 Cal.
60 doesn't seem like a big charge in a 45. I shoot only 45 gr in my 45 but it's not a big game hunting or long range gun.
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60 doesn't seem like a big charge in a 45. I shoot only 45 gr in my 45 but it's not a big game hunting or long range gun.
I was asking the OP, but fair enough. How far out are those gongs, and are you shooting 3F as well?
I thought you were asking all of us. Like you say, fair enough. We have one gong that's out about 125 yds. I use a .440 ball, .020 or so patch and 60 gr. 3F Goex. I've only shot 1 animal with this rifle, a javelina, which is only a 40 lb or so animal. The load did the job without too much meat damage.
There was some unmentionable introduced 150 years ago (aka 1873) that used a .45" diameter boolit that was propelled with 70 grains of Holy Black.
It worked so well, that even today there is a literal plethora of new firearms being sold in adult toy stores. The combo of a .45" boolit & 70 grains of FFg remains efficient in hunting.
You should never need a cotton ball, The world has shot muzzleloaders for hundreds of years without a problem. I leave my rifles loaded for weeks at a time with a properly lubed patch.
But, that is comparing a 128gr, ball to a 405gr. bullet. Like comparing a .22lr to a 30-30.
