At 1, fps over a stiff charge of H, this is a formidable coyote, bobcat and pest load. In some ways this load puts a rifle on the hip. For deer-sized game, the range is what matters.
Will you be on a stand and firing at 25 yards, or might the shot be 50 yards? For use where more penetration is needed, a grain JHP is useful. A shooter using the. Buffalo Bore offers a hard-hitting, high-velocity grain JHP loading well-suited to taking deer-sized game at 50 yards or so. An alternative is the Buffalo Bore grain hard-cast. This loading breaks 1, fps in my four-inch barrel Python. This load will completely penetrate a deer, break all but the heaviest bones, and create significant blood loss.
It is among the best designed. When I think of animal defense, I think of the many unpleasant incidents involving dogs, including feral dogs. Animals up to pounds are easily handled with normal defensive loads given good shot placement. A self-loader would jam after the first shot, the revolver will keep firing.
If carrying a. As an example, a park ranger in a western park was badly injured by a bear. They flattened on the hard, thick bone and failed to penetrate.
The final bullet did the business — after the Ranger was injured. A grain flat point is a good choice. There is some room for versatility. As an example, the grain Silvertip is a great choice for personal defense and would be suited to deer-sized game at short range with a broadside shot. For many of us the to grain loads would be all that is needed. For heavier game, a to grain bullet is mandatory.
Properly understood, it will do the business in a wide range of roles. Pass the word folks. When it comes to handguns the. As noted above, the. As also mentioned above as well as in general shot placement is all important. One of the nice things about the. My most accurate is the Model firing the timed and rapid fire single action. On yet another note, when bow hunting last fall I arrowed a nice 8 point, who as any respectable deer would, took off running from the bean field where I hit him, uphill into the woods for about yards.
You can practice endlessly with the cheaper and low-recoiling 38 Special loads and go to the full-power loads when the occasion demands. Just brush out the chambers before using magnum loads. The Magnum, in heavy loads, makes a great Bowling Pin or Silhouette competition choice with heavy bullets in the to grain range.
As you can see from the information and examples related here, the Magnum is an extremely versatile cartridge in the categories of: combat, self-defense, field protection, handgun hunting, target sports and concealed carry. The grain load at the original fps has always had the respect of the shooting sports but since the appearance of the 44 Magnum, the Magnum is no longer considered adequate in the categories of field protection and handgun hunting for big-game….
In my opinion, this sort of public thinking is a lot like UFO hysteria and is a direct result of judging cartridge performance strictly in terms of Kinetic Energy. Such thinking is mistaken as argued endlessly by respected ballistic experts such as McPherson and Fackler. The only legitimate parameters for judging the actual performance of a bullet, at the target, is exactly what Col.
The size of the wound in turn depends upon the size, weight, construction and shape of the bullet, and the velocity with which it strikes, and upon no other details. No other cartridge is as versatile as the Magnum, in ALL categories. My candidate for this choice is the toughest, small-frame revolver in the world…. The point is, that when loaded with the proper ammunition, the Magnum can do it all, do it well and you may be confident that your revolver will not let you down whether you are facing a large predator, a felon or a Bowling Pin.
Parting Shot …. Written by Russell D. Amerson, PhD August 2, Copyright c All Rights Reserved. I have been carrying some variant of the SP for four years here in the Northwest corner of Montana.
I cast grain bullets with a meplat of. I always felt like the was enough for stopping a large animal but was unable to substantiate it. In the last several years I have looked for any information regarding the bullet and gun combination to corroborate my theory. Your work has confirmed it for me along with other reported experiences and one whitetail deer I took. To anyone else considering this gun and bullet combination and to add to this excellent work, here a few examples:.
Note the distance it was shot and if you run the numbers the velocity at the elk was in the neighborhood of fps. He speaks in several places about his wife taking elk with a Marlin lever gun. The meplat on his bullet, as I recall, is. He at one place compared the effects to a. Marshall Stanton of Beartooth Bullets used his grain bullet with a. He said it kills all out of proportion to its paper ballistics. The link includes his load for the cast bullet. Referred to many times on the web as the Stanton Load.
Thank you again for sharing this information it is much appreciated. One question regarding the penetration formula above, Where does the. Like Like. Reo P. When selecting a hunting load, it is important to match the bullet weight and construction to the job at hand.
As a general guide to performance, the. At impact velocities of to fps, game hit with a fast expanding hollow point tend to react in a drunken manner, often attempting to run but not generally making too much ground before succumbing quickly to blood loss.
Between and fps, dead runs may be longer but wounding is still somewhat disproportionate to caliber. Again, bullet weights must be matched to the job at hand. If the bullet is too heavy, it may not meet enough resistance to render a wide wound at low velocities. If the bullet is too light, it may not have enough energy to render a deep and broad wound on larger bodied animals. At impact velocities of fps and below, bullet expansion may be fully evident, yet wounding can be narrow proportionate to the expanded caliber of the bullet and blood trails poor.
At these velocities and in the absence of any major hydraulic force, the. Bullets with deep skives along with very deep and broad hollow points can prove the most effective for generating fast bleeding wounds at these very low impact velocities.
At low velocities, it is important to try to keep shots well forwards in at attempt to break bone. As a contrast to this, if a rear lung shot is taken, although the bullet may expand, the blood may drain to the bottom of the chest, not out through the exit wound as might be expected.
Depending on the bullet design, most jacketed hollow point handgun bullets will continue to expand down to impact velocities of around fps with good bullet designs such as the XTP continuing to display some level of expansion down to impact velocities of fps.
Nevertheless, best performance occurs at impact velocities at or above fps. Regarding bullet weights. When loaded with fast expanding grain bullets traveling at or over fps rifles , the. This bullet weight cannot produce deep penetration yet should not by the same token be completely ignored. For very light framed game weighing up to 60kg lb , this bullet weight combined with high velocities can be very useful.
The grain bullet is the compromise weight for handgun hunting. Driven at velocities of to fps from a handgun, the. From a rifle, this bullet weight can be driven at relatively high velocities of around fps and can create broad internal wounding. But there are some pitfalls with this bullet weight to be mindful of and readers are urged to try to remember the following.
If a tough grain bullet is selected, wounds may be proportionate to caliber. If a soft bullet is selected, penetration will be limited on larger bodied animals, especially at rifle velocities. Nevertheless, this bullet weight can produce very broad and fast killing wounds when bullet construction is matched to the job at hand.
The grain Hornady XTP can for example produce exceptional results on Fallow or White Tail deer, but this same bullet is not well suited to the likes of wild boar with heavy shoulder shields.
The grain bullet weight is particularly useful in the. In a rifle, producing around fps, a bullet like the grain XTP can be considered an all around go-to design for a wide range of game body weights. But in handguns, factory ammunition may only yield muzzle velocities of around fps.
To achieve optimum performance, a good projectile such as the grain XTP should arrive at its target at an impact velocity of fps or higher, although this bullet will continue to expand at lower impact velocities.
Hunters are also advised to try to aim forwards in an attempt to strike major locomotive muscles, bones and vital tissues. Of the available rifles, the Rossi Puma lever action rifle, a re-creation of the Winchester Model 92 has to be one of the handiest little carbines every produced.
Older models featured blocky rectangular sights, these being the very best with regards to accurate shooting. Current Rossi rifles feature more stylized buckhorn sights which are not as good as the originals but are suitable enough.
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