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<blockquote data-quote="ScLowCountry" data-source="post: 5688935" data-attributes="member: 23760"><p>The issue with muzzleloadering projectiles and expansion is the low velocity. They will either over or under expand in most brands. Powebelts are nothing but soft lead with good marketing and tc shockwaves are so hard they barely expand on shoulder shot. Using heavy hard lead like conicals will get you decent energy and pas through. Slow moving soft lead will expand well and give good energy transfer, with a pass through sometimes. Any bullet in the vitals will kill quick however. </p><p></p><p>I have found that ,Hornady 44 cal xtp bullets and nosler 44 sporting handgun HP, expand at muzzleloader velocity and give reliable pass through. I buy the pistol bullets in 44 cal and buy my own 50 cal sabots from tc or harvester.</p><p></p><p>100 grains 777 (2 pellets), a 50 cal tc sabot made for 44 cal bullets, a 240 gr .44 cal xtp, and a 777 primer.</p><p></p><p>This load is all you need to kill anything in North America. It expands and even passes through everything I have shot. It does thisreliably and consistently. The only bullets I have recovered were from frontal shots that went through the whole length of the animal. They had minimum 70 percent weight retention and near 100 percent expansion</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScLowCountry, post: 5688935, member: 23760"] The issue with muzzleloadering projectiles and expansion is the low velocity. They will either over or under expand in most brands. Powebelts are nothing but soft lead with good marketing and tc shockwaves are so hard they barely expand on shoulder shot. Using heavy hard lead like conicals will get you decent energy and pas through. Slow moving soft lead will expand well and give good energy transfer, with a pass through sometimes. Any bullet in the vitals will kill quick however. I have found that ,Hornady 44 cal xtp bullets and nosler 44 sporting handgun HP, expand at muzzleloader velocity and give reliable pass through. I buy the pistol bullets in 44 cal and buy my own 50 cal sabots from tc or harvester. 100 grains 777 (2 pellets), a 50 cal tc sabot made for 44 cal bullets, a 240 gr .44 cal xtp, and a 777 primer. This load is all you need to kill anything in North America. It expands and even passes through everything I have shot. It does thisreliably and consistently. The only bullets I have recovered were from frontal shots that went through the whole length of the animal. They had minimum 70 percent weight retention and near 100 percent expansion [/QUOTE]
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