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<blockquote data-quote="Taj" data-source="post: 3080097" data-attributes="member: 98000"><p>Old Rooster,</p><p></p><p>No, not at all. Folks have to do what is best for them and sharing our opinions is what this is all about. I've been face to face with big bears in Alaska on fly fishing trips and at the time, even the .44 didn't seem big enough. I still sling a 12 bore with Brenneke's in it when in bear country and I have the room. I've known Randy Garret for a lot of years and when I was working up my Cape Buff load for a .458 he was my "go to" guy for guidance. When I was working up my .44 "bear load" I was using LBT 320 grain hardcast as a projectile. At the time I couldn't find load data for that bullet with 2400, which I had a crap load of. I started shooting my starting loads over the chrono inside my hanger which is where my reloading room is. I'd load 5, shoot them and if velocity wasn't where I wanted it and pressure signs were good, I step up the charge and do it again. I have a "hot box" bullet trap in the hanger but those big meplat bullets really tear up the rubber face of it, so I was shooting those loads into an 20" tree round, on end grain, that sat on my workbench. When I hit 990 fps, my buddy stated that the velocity was great but I missed the stump!! The bullet hit a plastic screw storage cabinet sitting on the bench and blew the crap out of it. I knew that I didn't miss the stump and found an exit hole on the other end. I put another chunk of wood behind that one and every round of those 320grainers when completely through that 20" stump @ 990 fps and lodged about 2 inches into the next. Recoil isn't terrible and the load shoots plenty tight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Taj, post: 3080097, member: 98000"] Old Rooster, No, not at all. Folks have to do what is best for them and sharing our opinions is what this is all about. I've been face to face with big bears in Alaska on fly fishing trips and at the time, even the .44 didn't seem big enough. I still sling a 12 bore with Brenneke's in it when in bear country and I have the room. I've known Randy Garret for a lot of years and when I was working up my Cape Buff load for a .458 he was my "go to" guy for guidance. When I was working up my .44 "bear load" I was using LBT 320 grain hardcast as a projectile. At the time I couldn't find load data for that bullet with 2400, which I had a crap load of. I started shooting my starting loads over the chrono inside my hanger which is where my reloading room is. I'd load 5, shoot them and if velocity wasn't where I wanted it and pressure signs were good, I step up the charge and do it again. I have a "hot box" bullet trap in the hanger but those big meplat bullets really tear up the rubber face of it, so I was shooting those loads into an 20" tree round, on end grain, that sat on my workbench. When I hit 990 fps, my buddy stated that the velocity was great but I missed the stump!! The bullet hit a plastic screw storage cabinet sitting on the bench and blew the crap out of it. I knew that I didn't miss the stump and found an exit hole on the other end. I put another chunk of wood behind that one and every round of those 320grainers when completely through that 20" stump @ 990 fps and lodged about 2 inches into the next. Recoil isn't terrible and the load shoots plenty tight. [/QUOTE]
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