Shooting the .45 GM Renegade (Pretty Good But Not Great)
04-27-2009, 09:42 AM
#11
Boone & Crockett
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Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
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RE: Shooting the .45 GM Renegade (Pretty Good But Not Great)
why don't you try some 70 gr charges next time out?
Those "tiny" little 200 grainers for me have been 3 shots, 3 dead deer
04-27-2009, 03:29 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Illinois
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RE: Shooting the .45 GM Renegade (Pretty Good But Not Great)
Hey Totally Nuts/Semisane,
The ranges were 108 yards, 101 yards and 90 yards. (I don't have a rangefinder- these are paced-off estimations, but should be accurate to within + or - 5 yards. Pass-thru's on the 100+ yard shots, bullet lodged under the far-side hide on the 90 yarder.
The ranges were 108 yards, 101 yards and 90 yards. (I don't have a rangefinder- these are paced-off estimations, but should be accurate to within + or - 5 yards. Pass-thru's on the 100+ yard shots, bullet lodged under the far-side hide on the 90 yarder.
04-29-2009, 08:30 AM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Central Texas (Williamson Co.)
Posts: 128
Those XTPs are deadly...
I'm guessing that load of yours to be shooting in excess of 1600 fps.
I've got a short-barreled .45 Kentucky rifle ("Shorty") that likes that bullet/sabot combination over 44 gns of FFF 777 (weight, not volume)and clocks over 1400 fps as measured abt 10 ft from the muzzle.
Seems to kill like a thunderbolt.
Only taken a javelina and one deer with that load, but neither animal took a step after they were hit.
Bullet recovered from the javelina expanded to abt .80 and caused massive damage. No recovery from the deer.
Don't underestimate that 'little' .45.
"Easy on powder, easy on lead, but that old buck is just as dead..."
The way that gun is shooting, you won't have any trouble tagging-out. I'mpredicting massive damage with a handgun bullet at those velocities.
Send more pictures this fall!
BP
Edited: I see now that you listed velocities on your targets... BP
I've got a short-barreled .45 Kentucky rifle ("Shorty") that likes that bullet/sabot combination over 44 gns of FFF 777 (weight, not volume)and clocks over 1400 fps as measured abt 10 ft from the muzzle.
Seems to kill like a thunderbolt.
Only taken a javelina and one deer with that load, but neither animal took a step after they were hit.
Bullet recovered from the javelina expanded to abt .80 and caused massive damage. No recovery from the deer.
Don't underestimate that 'little' .45.
"Easy on powder, easy on lead, but that old buck is just as dead..."
The way that gun is shooting, you won't have any trouble tagging-out. I'mpredicting massive damage with a handgun bullet at those velocities.
Send more pictures this fall!
BP
Edited: I see now that you listed velocities on your targets... BP
