100 Grains VS. 150 Grains.
11-30-2006, 11:30 AM
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100 Grains VS. 150 Grains.
I'm shooting a .50cal Traditions evolution. I'm shooting 100grains of 50/50 pyrodex pellets and a 295grain HP Powerbelt sabot. And I can shoot out to 100yds easily. But I'm wondering if for hunting I should up my load to 150grains of pyrodex. I don't plan on shooting farther then 100yds but I'm not sure if my current load has enough power to take down a mature whitetail. If you could give me any kind of info including personal preferance that would be great.
11-30-2006, 11:45 AM
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RE: 100 Grains VS. 150 Grains.
In the swamps I shoot up to 200 yards, so I shoot 150gr. But believe me, a 90gr load of goex has more than plenty power to to go thru two whitetail under the right circumstances. Were you joking with "I'm not sure if my current load has enough power to take down a mature whitetail". I figured you was.
11-30-2006, 11:57 AM
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RE: 100 Grains VS. 150 Grains.
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
Were you joking with "I'm not sure if my current load has enough power to take down a mature whitetail". I figured you was.
Were you joking with "I'm not sure if my current load has enough power to take down a mature whitetail". I figured you was.
11-30-2006, 12:01 PM
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RE: 100 Grains VS. 150 Grains.
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I should have said beyond 100yds. When I said that. I have shot whitetails at 80 to 100yds with my ML and dropped them in there tracks. So what I really meant is out to how many yds do people think my current load is good for.
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
Were you joking with "I'm not sure if my current load has enough power to take down a mature whitetail". I figured you was.
Were you joking with "I'm not sure if my current load has enough power to take down a mature whitetail". I figured you was.
11-30-2006, 07:40 PM
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RE: 100 Grains VS. 150 Grains.
ORIGINAL: Rhino259
I'm shooting a .50cal Traditions evolution. I'm shooting 100grains of 50/50 pyrodex pellets and a 295grain HP Powerbelt sabot. And I can shoot out to 100yds easily. But I'm wondering if for hunting I should up my load to 150grains of pyrodex. I don't plan on shooting farther then 100yds but I'm not sure if my current load has enough power to take down a mature whitetail. If you could give me any kind of info including personal preferance that would be great.
I'm shooting a .50cal Traditions evolution. I'm shooting 100grains of 50/50 pyrodex pellets and a 295grain HP Powerbelt sabot. And I can shoot out to 100yds easily. But I'm wondering if for hunting I should up my load to 150grains of pyrodex. I don't plan on shooting farther then 100yds but I'm not sure if my current load has enough power to take down a mature whitetail. If you could give me any kind of info including personal preferance that would be great.
11-30-2006, 10:11 PM
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RE: 100 Grains VS. 150 Grains.
With PB's especally the lighter ones some of use have had trouble with them fragmenting like a varmit bullet when using 150 gr. I blew a coyote almost in half with a 245 HP PB but could not find any exit hole. Lee
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